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soundsgreat

(125 posts)
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 04:19 AM Mar 2014

Ukrainian fascists to stay in parliament until 2017


There seems to be a common misunderstanding. In May, the president is elected, not the Rada. The next parliamentary election is in 2017.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_parliamentary_election,_2017

As matters stand, Mrs. Tymochenko will be a candidate, and she has certainly good chances.

Her party, the Fatherland party, is said to be moderate right and business-friendly, but some members are former (?) fascists, like Andriy Parubiy, who leads the National Security Council and is accused of letting the snipers into Hotel Ukraine, from where most of the deadly shoots came.

Good luck with that new government.

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Ukrainian fascists to stay in parliament until 2017 (Original Post) soundsgreat Mar 2014 OP
by 2017 perhaps putin will have gobbled up all of ukraine and the baltic states nt msongs Mar 2014 #1
Ukraine perhaps AnalystInParadise Mar 2014 #2
That's just ridiculous. Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #3

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
3. That's just ridiculous.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 04:58 AM
Mar 2014

But yeah, just in case.. Let's build a fascist bullwark. Because with fascists in control of the security apparatus... What could go wrong?
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