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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkrainian 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
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msongs
(73,086 posts)1. by 2017 perhaps putin will have gobbled up all of ukraine and the baltic states nt
AnalystInParadise
(1,832 posts)2. Ukraine perhaps
Three members of NATO? Not a chance in hell
Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)3. That's just ridiculous.
But yeah, just in case.. Let's build a fascist bullwark. Because with fascists in control of the security apparatus... What could go wrong?