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Post by Khunanup on Mar 31, 2019 15:11:29 GMT
It's today www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47763176My best mate's Ukrainian wife is voting for the favourite. Like her he's a native Russian speaker but is pro-EU and against the linguistic nationalist bollox that's been used against Russian speakers since Putin launched his proxy war. |
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 31, 2019 15:14:53 GMT
Given the other candidates, he certainly seems like the best bet!
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 31, 2019 19:53:51 GMT
Given the other candidates, he certainly seems like the best bet! He's had a lot of practise. |
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Post by clyde1998 on Mar 31, 2019 21:34:12 GMT
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Post by Georg Ebner on Mar 31, 2019 23:43:57 GMT
11%:
30% comedian
17% incumbent
14% blonde
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Post by Adam in Stroud on Apr 1, 2019 1:14:54 GMT
11%: 30% comedian 17% incumbent 14% blonde A beautiful summary of the candidates, Georg. |
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 1, 2019 11:12:37 GMT
11%: 30% comedian 17% incumbent 14% blonde A beautiful summary of the candidates, Georg. Blunt, but basically correct.  |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Apr 1, 2019 12:02:25 GMT
Thank goodness Yulia Tymoshenko didn't come in second. Poroshenko is very corrupt but has been a good war leader and played a blinder. The comedian who plays the President on TV allegedly has links to Oligarchs but is effectively a blank slate. Yulia Tymoshenko on the other hand believes first and foremost in Yulia Tymoshenko. She's also corrupt shockingly🙄.
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 1, 2019 12:05:39 GMT
Thank goodness Yulia Tymoshenko didn't come in second. Poroshenko is very corrupt but has been a good war leader and played a blinder. The comedian who plays the President on TV allegedly has links to Oligarchs but is effectively a blank slate. Yulia Tymoshenko on the other hand believes first and foremost in Yulia Tymoshenko. She's also corrupt shockingly🙄. I imagine everyone in Ukranian politics has links to oligarchs one way or another. sadly. |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Apr 1, 2019 12:08:41 GMT
Thank goodness Yulia Tymoshenko didn't come in second. Poroshenko is very corrupt but has been a good war leader and played a blinder. The comedian who plays the President on TV allegedly has links to Oligarchs but is effectively a blank slate. Yulia Tymoshenko on the other hand believes first and foremost in Yulia Tymoshenko. She's also corrupt shockingly🙄. I imagine everyone in Ukranian politics has links to oligarchs one way or another. sadly. Indeed. There was one genuine reformist but he came nowhere. |
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Post by redvers on Apr 1, 2019 16:39:16 GMT
I imagine everyone in Ukranian politics has links to oligarchs one way or another. sadly. Indeed. There was one genuine reformist but he came nowhere. Who was that? |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Apr 1, 2019 16:48:00 GMT
Indeed. There was one genuine reformist but he came nowhere. Who was that? Dymtro Hnap. He’s an investigative journalist who ran on an anti corruption platform. One of his sayings was “As long as they are in power, and we are out of power, nothing will change.” He eventually dropped out. The rest are either corrupt, have no real platform like the comedian, are radical populists, far right, pro Russian or are weird authoritarians. Anatoliy Hrytsenko of the self described social liberal Civil Position for example ran on a platform endorsing “enlightened authoritarianism”. In fact Hnap dropped out to support Hrytsenko. |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Apr 1, 2019 16:56:22 GMT
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Post by john07 on Apr 15, 2019 12:15:55 GMT
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Post by Izzyeviel on Apr 19, 2019 10:18:33 GMT
The TV show 'Servant of the People' is on Netflix. It seems quite amusing.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Apr 20, 2019 23:24:37 GMT
Why was Poroshenko so unpopular to lose by somewhat of a landslide? Was the winner gifted? Quite every incumbent has been incredibly inpopular and thus not been reelected. |
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Post by Izzyeviel on Apr 21, 2019 18:04:17 GMT
Why was Poroshenko so unpopular to lose by somewhat of a landslide? Was the winner gifted? Helps being the star of a popular tv show about a fictional president. You have people disillusioned with politicians and along comes your favourite fictional one. I'm sure there's a lot more to it, but it's nice having a populist who isn't a nob head. |
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Post by mrpastelito on Apr 21, 2019 18:28:19 GMT
Why was Poroshenko so unpopular to lose by somewhat of a landslide? Was the winner gifted? Helps being the star of a popular tv show about a fictional president. You have people disillusioned with politicians and along comes your favourite fictional one. I'm sure there's a lot more to it, but it's nice having a populist who isn't a nob head. Let's wait and see, shall we... |
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Post by seanryanj on Apr 21, 2019 18:58:55 GMT
This should be interesting!
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