Ukraine – The Clock is Ticking …
By Max Musson: It is now five days since Viktor Yanukovych was deposed as president of Ukraine and the parliament called for new elections and there appears to be a distinct lack of activity on the part of Svoboda and Pravy Sektor to cement their once dominant position. The danger is that the longer this period of uncertainty continues the more the chances of a successful nationalist revolution diminish and the more circumstances play into…
Ukraine – The ‘Orange Revolution’ Turning White?
By Max Musson: Many people in Britain will have viewed events in Kiev over the last three months with a certain amount of confusion: we are after all a long way from Ukraine; government and politics operate rather differently there; and lines of communication between our two countries are such that most of us must rely on the mass media for news of what is actually taking place. The confusion stems from the fact that…