unpublished articles
05/15/2003 | maryann
Kyiv Post читається вузьким колом іноземців та освічених людей, які й так нічого цензурного про кучманоїдів не думають. Газета не має впливу на масову громадську думку, і тому не є небезпечною режимові.
Who are the people writing unpublished articles?
If one were to ask Western heads of state about the upcoming presidential election, they would grin thinly, wink, and whisper to you on background that they prefer not to offend Ukraine.
They might even refer you to their hard-working envoys in Kyiv, who are constantly quizzed and quoted by Ukrainian media, which endlessly report on the prospects for Euro-Atlantic integration. Some diplomats, perhaps inadvertently, have even led us to believe that Ukraine's relationship with Europe and the United States is as important to the West as it is to Ukraine.
The relationship is important, but far less so than Ukrainskaya Nepravda would have us believe.
The West's failure to address adequately Kuchma's shenanigans will only add fuel to the debate on whether Euro-Atlantic institutions have mistakenly based Ukraine's integration with Europe on geopolitical concerns rather than adherence to democratic norms of civilized behavior.
Of course, questions of integration should first be debated and decided by Ukrainians themselves.
But coherent discussion about political issues is not yet possible in Ukraine because facility of Ukraine's electorate to make informed decisions is "impaired."
This state of affairs "concerns" Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic partners, who appear increasingly testy when they attempt to justify the billions of dollars lent and donated to Ukrainian reformers over the years.
One sad fact is that while few Ukrainians doubt the West's sincere resolve to help out in a pinch, fewer still believe that assistance has been - or will ever - be effective.
From Peter Byrne
Who are the people writing unpublished articles?
If one were to ask Western heads of state about the upcoming presidential election, they would grin thinly, wink, and whisper to you on background that they prefer not to offend Ukraine.
They might even refer you to their hard-working envoys in Kyiv, who are constantly quizzed and quoted by Ukrainian media, which endlessly report on the prospects for Euro-Atlantic integration. Some diplomats, perhaps inadvertently, have even led us to believe that Ukraine's relationship with Europe and the United States is as important to the West as it is to Ukraine.
The relationship is important, but far less so than Ukrainskaya Nepravda would have us believe.
The West's failure to address adequately Kuchma's shenanigans will only add fuel to the debate on whether Euro-Atlantic institutions have mistakenly based Ukraine's integration with Europe on geopolitical concerns rather than adherence to democratic norms of civilized behavior.
Of course, questions of integration should first be debated and decided by Ukrainians themselves.
But coherent discussion about political issues is not yet possible in Ukraine because facility of Ukraine's electorate to make informed decisions is "impaired."
This state of affairs "concerns" Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic partners, who appear increasingly testy when they attempt to justify the billions of dollars lent and donated to Ukrainian reformers over the years.
One sad fact is that while few Ukrainians doubt the West's sincere resolve to help out in a pinch, fewer still believe that assistance has been - or will ever - be effective.
From Peter Byrne
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2003.05.15 | Serhiy Hrysch
Balanced.
I don't see this materila to be anything "dangerous" but balanced.Some forget the answer to "what is Ukrine 1995-2004?"::
"Ukraine is a nice country with nice set of resources and nice people, nice currency, -- *run* by the killer of journalists, papa of gangsters and money launderers, Leonid Kuchma."
Imagine, such balanced editorials appear in Korespondent! Will they?