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June 23, 2009

A Black Eye to Ukraine's Orange Revolution

Clifford Levy, New York Times

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KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine, which has suffered a roundhouse blow from the economic crisis, has had no finance minister since February. It also has no foreign minister or defense minister. The transportation minister just stepped down. The interior minister has offered to resign as well, after being accused of drunken behavior.

The president and the prime minister are no longer speaking, though they were once allies and heroes of the Orange Revolution, which brought a pro-Western government to...

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TAGGED: Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yushchenko

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