The Revolution Betrayed
ByYuliya Tymoshenko
2011-02-04
February 27, 2011
The Revolution Betrayed
The Revolution Betrayed by Yuliya Tymoshenko - Project Syndicate
KYIV – From snowy Kyiv, I have watched the successful revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud of their desire to peacefully overthrow despotic governments. But, as someone who led a peaceful revolution, I hope that pride is tempered by pragmatism, because a change of regime is only the first step in establishing a democracy backed by the rule of law. Indeed, as my country, Ukraine, is now demonstrating, after revolutionary euphoria fades and normality returns, democratic revolutions can be betrayed and reversed.
Turning Ukraine Into A ‘Nation Without Identity’ - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011
Turning Ukraine Into A ‘Nation Without Identity’ - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011
Turning Ukraine Into A ‘Nation Without Identity’
Reference to the Orange Revolution is just one of the casualties in a newly revised Ukrainian history book aimed at fifth-graders.
February 25, 2011
"One Ukraine, One History" -- reads the text of billboards splashed across downtown Kyiv last month.
But just what does that history encompass? Less than a year into office, the government of President Viktor Yanukovych revised fifth-grade history textbooks to delete certain key events from Ukrainian history, including the 2004-05 Orange Revolution.
But just what does that history encompass? Less than a year into office, the government of President Viktor Yanukovych revised fifth-grade history textbooks to delete certain key events from Ukrainian history, including the 2004-05 Orange Revolution.
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