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Ukraine election falls far short
BillieTheBot
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The presidential elections in Ukraine have been roundly called biased and unfair.
Cheating, voter intimidations and just plain fraud has been documented.
The EU and the US have said its not fair but Russia has congratulated the 'winner'.
What should we do, if anything, about elections like this?
Cheating, voter intimidations and just plain fraud has been documented.
The EU and the US have said its not fair but Russia has congratulated the 'winner'.
What should we do, if anything, about elections like this?
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Ukraine does want to get into the EU at some point, thats clearly out of the window if this goes on.
Perhaps we could put pressure on Russia to put pressure upon Ukraine. But Russia want the person who has been 'elected' in power because he is definately pro-Kremlin.
One of the princples a memberstate has when joining the EU is that the state most be an open democratic society with fair elections.
Russia are quite happy with the guy who has "won" so Russia will do nothing.
Democracy has become a mere relativistic buzzword for "Pro-capitalistic" and nothing more.
Not that I personally favour Yanukovich, I don't frankly. However given that even US presidential elections are rigged as well, perhaps some consistent universal condemantion and true scrutiny of the process regardless of country is in order.
My money says you'll see Allawi "elected" as head of Iraq as well in the coming months and equally hailed as legitimate.
Nothing. None of our business surely? One thing to have an opinion on it but another to take 'action'.
What would you suggest?
hope it happens in the UK?
must say i have disagreed with you on a fair few things since you joined here, but this i completely agree with
Well, we could exclude them from joining the EU for a start.
The very basis for the victory of the incumbent PM is the demonstrable sense in Ukraine that it serves as little more than a cheap exploitable new manufacturing centre for our insatiably greedy big money interests. For that reason Yanukovich aligned himself and his platform with closer re-integration in the Russian sphere of influence.
In a world which refuses to recognise and isolate the rising fascism and aggressivistic warmongering of Washington (the greater shame for this going to European leaders who more than any should see the unmistakable writing on the wall from Europe's own modern history), it shardly surprising that Putin should be wooing back as many former satellite states as he can to reestablish a bulwark against the expansionist ambitions of the neo-cons.
The Ukranians will not want this to occur as they historically have a considerable amount of national pride but perhaps it is the only solution to allow both sides to have the leader and world position that they desire.
Send our MI6 in. Communicate with pro western groups\parties. Fund and train revolutionaries and start a peoples revolution with our sas mixed in as civilians. We need to stop these commies spreading again. Power to the democracy!
PS Do you mean ‘London, Ontario, Canada, of course!’ ? Good choice!