Rare Birds worldwide are very happy this has finally come to pass. Hopefully the oligarchic (now) opposition will not make too much mischief while the new Mr. President is globetrotting. First item on the domestic agenda: picking a prime minister. Apparently Yushchenko has promised the post to Julia Tymoshenko, who is kind of a Ukrainian Howard Dean (but a lot more clever). This decision is very important, because in approximately nine months the new laws Yushchenko agreed to will take effect, and they give the prime minister and the Duma much of the power currently enjoyed by the President.
Would Kerry Throw Us To The Wolves?
Go to factcheck.org regularly to keep track of what you can believe about what the candidates say - which isn't much at all. But at least it tells you what their plans actually are.
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