Solzhenitsyn seemed to be advocating for a federalist approach to the regions inside Ukraine. This is essentially the same approach advocated by Russia in the negotiations that led up to the fascist coup in February.
It will be interesting to see how quickly the new President grabs back the powers negotiated away by Yanukovitch, and whether the so-called ‘reformers’ in Parliament allow that to happen.
I wonder if Candyman can change people in key positions if he even wants to.
If he can and does make changes that will say a lot about what sort of future Ukraine is going to have.
The way the coup set things up can't last so it's a question of whether there is going to be any change that ends obvious corruption like people holding multiple posts or just a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing. We'll soon see whether or not he's just another "made guy" from a different crime family or someone interested in at last shedding the corrupt system they've hung onto since Independence.
Friends have told me about rumors they hear, mostly about "important people" I don't know from Adam's house cat. They admit that every rumor they hear is accompanied by one that says the exact opposite, though, so it seems to me like people there are pretty much in the dark, too.
I hope someone will break away from the herd and start doing real reporting from Ukraine before long. Until that happens those of us who won't bend over and grease up for Barry and the Coup Kiddies will just have to be "Putin lovers" since that canard is the current fad.
Thank Gawd one guy chimes in with "Commie Bastard" now and then to break the monotony.