Ukraine Opposition Pulls Out of Talks

[Khephra]

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition, whose insistence that it was cheated out of victory in a presidential election has brought thousands onto the streets, on Tuesday rejected talks in favor of "people power."

Its withdrawal from negotiations crushed earlier optimism that the outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, might back a re-run to end the standoff over the election of his protege, prime minister Viktor Yanukovich.

International mediators headed back to Kiev for talks on Wednesday -- the day when parliament and the Supreme Court could hand down their own verdicts on the dispute.

"The authorities, Kuchma and Yanukovich, used the talks to cheat," opposition leader Taras Stetskyv told thousands of supporters of the losing presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, in central Kiev.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=630523§ion=news

[Wright Patman]

1. I have no sympathy

for the "pro-Western" forces. They are behaving like the preppie freepers who stormed the Dade County election office in 2000.

One can easily tell which side more resembles mobs of GOP goons and thugs. "People's power," my foot.

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2. poor bastards

cant tell em shit. least the ones posting here *as* Ukrainians.

if the so-called "opposition" was SMART, they'd seal the western borders and ground flights. it would be wise to keep those visiting 'pro-democracy' foreigners around till this is resolved -just so's they can negotiate democracy, y'know. if they're sincere they shouldnt want to leave anyway.