Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review ~ İBG Blog

Monday, September 14, 2009

Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

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`As the presidential elections nears in crisis-hit Ukraine, political chaos deepens with the power structure that emerged from the 2004 Orange Revolution is in disarray. Moscow-backed is poised for a comeback in this former Soviet republic amid an intense battle between the heroes of mass protests in 2004.

The lawmaker strode through parliament, smiling politely and clutching a chair - his contribution to a barricade designed to paralyze proceedings. Fresh from summer vacation, lawmakers last week were back to the shenanigans that have made Ukraine's parliament a source of entertainment and fodder for YouTube.`But the situation is a little different in Ukraine!

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Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

İsa Burak Gonca graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Eastern Mediterranean University of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Masters Program in Political Science and International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of Yeditepe University. He is now a PhD Candidate in the Field of the International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Suleyman Demirel University. He is currently doing his PhD studies on China's energy security and geoeconomic interests in Central Asia.