It's almost unbelievable that the Ukrainian presidential election ended up as rigged as
everyone though it might (listen to NPR's audio broadcast last week). It seems that no amount of pre-coverage threatening a rigged election could impact the actual outcome. For those who follow global politics the results of the Ukrainian election were under the microscope, an epic battle between Russian-oligarchy-State Media powers embodied by Viktor Yanukovych (already announced the winner by Vladimir Putin, enemy of the
free press and democracy) and the western candidate Viktor Yushchenko who is only considered Western because he is moderately progressive.
How about the reported
96% turnout in Eastern Ukraine, home to the most crooked election committee! It's not over yet but it is terrible to see these kind of shenanigans in the modern world. We are in the modern world. Give us a break!
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