Urgent Foreign language articles about Ukrainian elections!
10/21/2004 | olympic
In urgent need for English/Russian/French/German/Spanish/Italian language articles in RESPECTED NATIVE (American, British, French)newspapers in last two months (September/October 2004).
A project on raising awareness abroad about Ukrainian Presidential Elections and their importance!
Please help!
Post here or send email to nepexig[at]yahoo[dot]com
thank you!
A project on raising awareness abroad about Ukrainian Presidential Elections and their importance!
Please help!
Post here or send email to nepexig[at]yahoo[dot]com
thank you!
Відповіді
2004.10.21 | Стась
www.kyivpost.com (-)
2004.10.21 | olympic
NO!
I need articles and not simple resource links.I need an article itself, with the author, date and newspaper name.
A link to that article online would also be great - but not necessary.
2004.10.21 | Стась
Так зайдите в редакцию!
Please email correspondence to kpletters@kyivpost.com.Or, you can reach our journalists or editors at their personal email addresses, listed below.
If you prefer conventional mail, send correspondence to:
Kyiv Post, 01133 Ukraine, Kyiv, Lesya Ukrainka Blvd. 34, Room 501. Fax: 380-44-254-3113 Phone: 380-44-573-8353
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2004.10.21 | olympic
Re: Так зайдите в редакцию!
We need articles from RESPECTED Western newspapers. Plus as far as i know KP publications are behind the subscription.2004.10.21 | Максим
Що за дурня?
Якщо Ви живете на заході (пишете нам англійською) і вам потрібні статті з поважних західних видань про вибори в Україні, і ви хочете їх від нас, то я маю певні підстави припустити, що ви чокнулись, або насміхаєтеся над місцевою публікою.Вам (як я розумію - групі людей, якомусь проекту) потрібні статті, то беріть їх: купуйте газети, читайте собі, вибирайте; чи ходіть в і-нет і качайте звідти. Чого ви від нас хочете?
Я останній раз тут бачив щось з Ле монду про хворобу Ющенка. Звідки нам знати чи вам це підходить? Стосується це виборів чи ні - на вашу думку.
І, взвагалі. чого б туту папи Карло мали вам щось шукати?
Хто ви? Яка мета вашої групи? Чим пояснюється її безпомічність у читанні газет?
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Можете зайти на Гугль, набрати слово вибори+Україна ангійською і скачати собі пару гігабайт текстів.
2004.10.21 | Бабай
No caps in header, thank you. (per Rules). (-)
2004.10.21 | Сергій Кабуд
вери імпортант
маємо сервер з товстим каналоммаємо свою радіостанцію на мережі
можемо поставити будьякі матеріали
можливо і мідія файли
вже писав свистовичу
той казав що передасть технарю
куди написати щоб прискорити?
2004.10.21 | Englishman
Re: URGENT Foreign language articles about Ukrainian elections!
October 21, 2004Tensions High in Ukraine As Elections Near
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:00 a.m. ET
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A showdown is brewing in Ukraine ahead of this month's presidential election as the opposition calls for massive protests, charging the government is preparing vote fraud, and police vow to clamp down on dissent.
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko appear neck-in-neck in the run-up to the Oct. 31 election, and in recent weeks the campaign has been shadowed by Yushchenko supporters' allegations of official abuse and interference.
Ukrainian officials, in turn, claim the opposition wants to spark an uprising like the ``rose revolution'' that drove Georgia's President Eduard Shevardnadze from power last year.
Opposition chief Yushchenko is a Western-leaning reformer whom polls have shown as Ukraine's most popular politician. Yanukovych leans toward close relations with Russia.
Russian officials say President Vladimir Putin will visit Ukraine next week, three days ahead of the former Soviet republic's election, in what is seen as a gesture of support for Yanukovych.
Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, who lead the largest opposition coalition, People's Power, warned in a statement late Tuesday that officials are preparing to commit severe vote fraud in the Oct. 31 election and said the opposition ``has the right to launch protests within the framework of the law and the constitution.''
The statement urged police to ``refuse to carry out criminal orders.''
The United States, many Western governments and international human rights watchdogs have warned against campaign abuse and interference. Ukraine, a country of nearly 50 million, sits between Russia and NATO's eastern flank, and the prospect of instability there is worrisome to the West.
Opposition leaders have not revealed the timing of any protests, but it is widely expected they would try to bring out supporters en masse after the election.
In response, Deputy Interior Minister Mikhaylo Korniyenko warned that police were ready to crack down on the opposition if it tries to ``seize power through civil unrest'' after the election.
``If the need arises, the police will use force to prevent it,'' the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Korniyenko as saying.
``There will be no Georgian scenario in Ukraine,'' Korniyenko said.
Yushchenko's campaign manager Oleksandr Zinchenko dismissed Korniyenko's claims as ``cynical and dangerous.''
``Instead of preserving law, order and people's rights, police are allowed to be involved in fraud, deception and violation of law,'' Zinchenko said in a letter to outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, who backs Yanukovych.
Kiev police chief Oleksandr Milenyn warned this week that police could use an unspecified, new non-lethal weapon ``approved by the Health Ministry'' to combat protesters.
Adding to the tensions, authorities launched a terrorism investigation on Monday against members of Pora, a pro-Yushchenko student group, following the alleged discovery of explosives in the group's office in downtown Kiev.
On Wednesday, police arrested Yushchenko campaign activist Yuriy Potykun after allegedly discovering an explosive device in his car, said Volodymyr Stretovych, an opposition lawmaker.
``The authorities' goal is clear ... to eliminate all Yushchenko's activists,'' Stretovych told reporters.
Also Wednesday, hundreds of students rallied in Lviv to protest recent alleged police harassment of Pora activists, including reported beatings.
In downtown Kiev on Wednesday, a policeman stopped a taxi and ripped an orange ribbon -- Yushchenko's campaign color -- off the antenna. The policeman also slapped the driver with a $28 fine for an unspecified ``violation of traffic rules.''
``This is the seventh time in a row, (but) I'll keep on putting it (the ribbon) back on because Yushchenko is our only hope,'' said Oleksiy, the driver, who revealed only his first name.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Ukraine-Protests.html
A Crucial Choice for Ukraine
By John McCain
Tuesday, October 19, 2004; Page A23
One election this year will determine the political destiny of a vitally important country, define its international orientation and test its democratic credentials. I do not refer to the recent free elections in Afghanistan, or the elections next year in Iraq or even our own presidential race. All these are critical in their own right, but so is Ukraine's historic step on Oct. 31. When the Ukrainian people line up that day to select a new president, the world will be watching.
The importance of this election lies not so much in the candidate selected but rather in its indication of whether Ukraine will continue down a democratic path. So far the prospects appear dim. President Leonid Kuchma is retiring, and the two front-runners in the race to replace him are Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko. The Ukrainian government has used its tax laws to target Yushchenko and other opposition candidates, denied the opposition equal access to the media, disrupted campaign events, and intimidated candidates and their supporters. Most recently, Yushchenko survived a suspected poisoning that left his face partially paralyzed.
In August I traveled to Ukraine to talk to government officials and opposition candidates. What I found was a sense that Ukraine was moving backward, not forward, on the road to democracy. Not only were the reports of intimidation against the opposition widespread, but there was also a pervasive expectation that the October election -- and the second-round runoff three weeks later -- will be rigged by the government. Already a local election in western Ukraine has been stolen, and there have been balloting irregularities in other local elections.
These developments are disturbing not just because they abridge the political rights of the Ukrainian people but because they cast a shadow over the country's international orientation. Should the government continue this crackdown on the opposition and rig the presidential election, Ukraine's relations with the United States and Europe will inevitably suffer. And if our relations deteriorate, we risk Ukraine slipping further into the Russian orbit.
I believe that, if offered the choice, most Ukrainians would choose a future tied to the West. But many Ukrainians believe that they have been denied this very choice: While the West's door seems closed -- neither NATO nor the European Union has offered Ukraine much hope of joining their organizations anytime soon -- Russia's is always open. It would not be surprising if Ukrainian leaders increasingly aligned their country's ambitions with those of their Russian neighbors. As Zbigniew Brzezinski wisely remarked, with Ukraine subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.
So it is incumbent upon both the Western democracies and the government of Ukraine to reassess where things stand today. The Ukrainian government must end its siege of democracy and make the courageous choice to hold free, fair elections. If it does so, the United States and Europe should pursue an enhanced relationship with Ukraine, looking hard at its eventual membership in NATO and the European Union, expanding our bilateral relations, and determining ways to enhance the trading relationship.
Ukrainian officials must understand that more than their country's future is at stake in this election. Their reputations and their ability to conduct business are also at risk. If the oppression continues and this presidential election is stolen, the United States and Europe should institute visa bans against those responsible. These would not merely limit the ability of these officials to go skiing abroad; the visa bans would handicap their ability to conduct business in Europe and the United States. The Western democracies should also consider implementing other targeted penalties. If Ukraine's leaders wish to take their country further in the direction of Belarus, then they will be increasingly treated by the world like the leader of Belarus -- an international pariah.
This outcome is entirely avoidable, but we should be prepared to move in that direction if necessary. The people of Ukraine are free individuals whose democratic rights are under attack. In his most famous work, the great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko wrote of his desire for Ukrainian independence, hoping that one day his countrymen would join "the family of the free." The people of Ukraine have achieved this dream, and they have grasped their democratic rights. The question now is whether this love of freedom and democracy is limited to the Ukrainian people, or whether their rulers embrace it as well.
The writer is a Republican senator from Arizona.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43718-2004Oct18?language=printer
MSNBC.com
Ukraine opposition urges halt to "political terror"
By Olena Horodetska
Reuters
Updated: 9:01 a.m. ET Oct. 21, 2004
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's opposition and independent journalists urged authorities Thursday to halt "political terror" 10 days before a presidential election which may establish how friendly the country will be to the West.
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, chosen successor of outgoing veteran President Leonid Kuchma, is expected to top the Oct. 31 poll along with Viktor Yushchenko, the darling of liberals who is viewed with approval in Western countries.
That would force a run-off between the two men next month.
The campaign has been jolted by mutual charges of dirty tricks, charges of media bias by pro-government television and suggestions by liberals that authorities may resort to force if the prime minister does not come out the winner.
"The authorities today have given free rein to criminals and launched political terror against people who have their own views and are in the opposition," Mykola Tomenko, a senior member of parliament, told the chamber.
"We demand an emergency meeting of the National Defense and Security Council to discuss the situation in Ukraine without bias. We have information that a group of hawks in the president's entourage is gearing up to wreck the election."
Kuchma and officials have said they were trying to secure equal media coverage for all presidential candidates. Kuchma has warned against any resort to such "terrorism," saying he would not allow an uprising in Ukraine.
Neither Kuchma nor Yanukovich were available to comment on the election-wrecking allegation, but both have said they would do their best to ensure fair and transparent elections.
DIRTY TRICKS
The United States and European Union have called on Ukraine to ensure a fair poll. Washington has suggested its ties with the ex-Soviet state, improved after Ukraine contributed troops to the multinational force in Iraq, could otherwise suffer.
Yushchenko, a liberal former prime minister and central bank chief, was put out of action for a month by a mysterious illness. He accused the authorities of trying to poison him, but doctors have said there is no proof of poisoning.
Yanukovich, once a regional governor, supports closer ties with Russia and more state control over economy. He was taken to hospital last month after being hit by what aides said was "a heavy object" but video footage showed was an egg.
The opposition sees the election as its best chance to rid Ukraine of Kuchma's legacy, marred by political scandals and accusations of corruption.
Opinion polls, often unreliable, put Yushchenko and Yanukovich neck and neck two weeks ahead of the poll.
Most television channels, controlled by the state or powerful businessmen close to Kuchma, give blanket coverage to Yanukovich and virtually ignore the 23 other contenders.
Reporters of the Fifth Channel, the only station giving air time to opposition leaders, vowed Thursday to go on hunger strike unless authorities stopped their pressure.
The channel's bank accounts have been frozen this week in connection with a criminal investigation and rumours circulate that its licence may be withdrawn.
"Virtually every employee of the Fifth Channel has suffered from political terror, pressure and threats," the channel said.
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URL: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6224373/
Monde
Ukraine : la course а la prйsidence s'envenime
Le candidat de l'opposition, Victor Iouchtchenko, dйnonce une tentative d'empoisonnement.
Par Vanessa SCHNEIDER
jeudi 23 septembre 2004
a campagne pour l'йlection prйsidentielle ukrainienne des 31 octobre et 21 novembre, qui va dйsigner le successeur de Lйonid Koutchma, est en train de dйgйnйrer. Le candidat de l'opposition libйrale en tкte dans les sondages , Viktor Iouchtchenko, a dйnoncй mardi une tentative d'empoisonnement visant а l'йcarter de la course. Durant le week-end, l'un de ses bus de campagne a par ailleurs йtй attaquй dans la ville de Kharkiv.
Le parquet gйnйral a ouvert une enquкte pour tentative d'attentat. Iouchtchenko, qui devance de quatre points son adversaire pro-Koutchma, le Premier ministre Viktor Ianoukovitch, avait dы кtre transportй d'urgence dans un hфpital viennois le 10 septembre, victime d'une intoxication alimentaire suspecte. Il a regagnй Kiev huit jours plus tard, mais lorsqu'il est apparu mardi а la tribune du Parlement il semblait encore trиs marquй, le cфtй gauche du visage paralysй. Les mйdecins, qui ont diagnostiquй une infection du pancrйas et un ulcиre а l'estomac, n'ont pas йcartй un empoisonnement.
«Ce qui m'est arrivй n'est pas un problиme alimentaire. C'est un problиme liй au rйgime politique, a dйclarй devant le Parlement le chef de la coalition Notre Ukraine. Il n'est pas question de cuisine au sens littйral du terme, mais de la cuisine politique ukrainienne oщ l'on commandite des meurtres.» Aprиs avoir йvoquй les meurtres du dйputй Vadim Hetman en 1998 et du journaliste Gueorgui Gongadze, retrouvй dйcapitй en 2000, il a mis en garde les dйputйs : «Le prochain peut кtre chacun d'entre nous. J'espиre que nous trouverons le meurtrier, mкme si nous connaissons dйjа la rйponse : ce sont les autoritйs.»
Lйonid Koutchma, 65 ans, doit se retirer aprиs dix ans de pouvoir marquйs par plusieurs scandales retentissants. L'opposition l'accuse notamment d'avoir йtй impliquй dans le meurtre de Gongadze dont les critiques l'auraient indisposй , ce qu'il a toujours niй. Plusieurs hommes politiques, journalistes et hommes d'affaires ont йgalement йtй tuйs ou agressйs ces derniиres annйes.
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=240679
2004.10.21 | olympic
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