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The Breadbasket Becomes the Basket Case.(International Edition; EUROPE)(Viktor Yushchenko )
Newsweek International
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March 23, 2009 |
Matthews, Owen |
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Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova in Moscow
Ukraine's president was once considered a hero. But his country has spiraled into chaos and despair.
On an icy November night in 2004, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko stood in front of orange-clad crowds in Kiev's Independence Square and promised their supporters a brave new world. He spoke of a new Ukraine allied to the European Union, not Moscow, free of Russian-style vote-rigging and crony capitalism, with a free press, free elections and transparent markets. "My heart breaks when it sees how the government is robbing this country of its riches," Yushchenko said to the half million people who ...
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