Sunday, May 17, 2009

Ukraine's Economic Straits Raise Worries About Radicalism


From Christian Science Monitor:

Gains by a far-right party in regional polls and the murder of a Ukrainian nationalist have caused concern. But many caution that radicals hold limited appeal at the national level.

Kyiv, Ukraine - As the economic crisis in Ukraine continues to bite hard, one parliamentary deputy last month drew a chilling comparison in an open letter to the country's president, Viktor Yushchenko.

"[Many people] are worried by the historical analogy between the rise of a neofascist mood in Ukraine during the economic crisis and events in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s," wrote Oleksandr Feldman.

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My Comment: Ukrainian/Russian hostility goes back centuries .... these things cannot disappear overnight.

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