
Posted by P.Gopotchenko on March 29, 2000 at 14:13:20:
If you don't like the empires(like the former USSR),i.e. the states,where the ordirnary people are oppressed,you shouldn't defend the situation in nowadays Ukraine.Either you create a mono-ethnical state(a half of present Ukraine) and so you are welcome to impose the Ukrainian rules over there,either ALL ETHNIC GROUPS should have equal rights and as far as Russian is widely spoken,it must be accepted as the second official language.Ukraine seriously depend on Russian gas,oil,technologies,etc and with newly elected president the situation can get changed to worse.The life level in Ukraine,by the way,is 2- 2,5 times lower,than in Russia itself.You probably live abroad without knowing the whole truth.And the people of Crimea and Donbass hate the ones in the Western Ukraine.The country is weak,dependable even more,than being a Soviet republic,fragile and with a high crime rate.Here you go with your MOVA...