tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10366934.post114484637928316822..comments2024-03-27T13:07:01.768+03:00Comments on Russian Blog: Poor YushchenkoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10366934.post-1144973004984027752006-04-14T04:03:00.000+04:002006-04-14T04:03:00.000+04:00The image that Applebaum is trying to create is th...The image that Applebaum is trying to create is that of a lone knight battling the vile imps who answer to their meddling Russian puppeteers, when in fact Yuschenko is born and bred within this system of corrupt bureaucracy that he helped create, and is at least as corrupt, if not more.<BR/><BR/>This denial of obvious history is what qualifies Appleboum’s piece (and many other W. Post articles about Russia) as Pravda material.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10366934.post-1144904609738967162006-04-13T09:03:00.000+04:002006-04-13T09:03:00.000+04:00And in between the two are thousands of people -- ...<EM>And in between the two are thousands of people -- civil servants, politicians, journalists, business people -- who have deep financial and personal interests in maintaining the corrupt status quo. For Ukraine, the Orange Revolution was the easy part, compared with what lies ahead.</EM><BR/><BR/>Not sure what your problem with this passage is. Are you saying that there is nobody, or an insignificant number, with an interest in keeping the corrupt status quo?<BR/><BR/>As for your parallel with the '30s, Applebaum is not suggesting that anyone is killed or removed. But the problem she identifies is there and does exist, and for Ukraine to prosper it needs to be solved. Typically for a journalist, she doesn't offer a credible solution, but to compare this passage to Stalinist propganda is nonsense.Tim Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12037178111868843708noreply@blogger.com