[quote user="nazarik"]^ Absolutley true, I mean political crap! And it is more than a half,Paul,no doubt. Yanukovich never hid his pro Russian orientation,it s obvious,and as I can admit,this is better for Ukraine,cos with another Victor,previous president,was regime of almost open corruption ,and willing of joining NATO,this is stupid,cos most of people dont wanted that,also there were too many dirty games around gas deals,transit of it and other things ,there was huge tension between Russia and Ukraine,which is not normal,yes ,some times people have jokes about each other but this is without much agression or malice,historically two nations are extremely close,just western part of Ukraine traditionally closer to the West/I mean their political mentality/,but 75 % of population want to have friendly ties with Russia,thats why Yanukovich won the elections
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[Y] I was being modest. The other half would be corporate sponsor demands--and as in Amerika, "corporate" & "state" are essentially the same notion... well... [;)] There is no question Viktor Yushchenko was a Western puppet, bought & paid for over here. I was jubilant when the Ukranian electorate got over the "orange" brain-fart & gave him the boot.
Though I did not previously want to tread on Ukranian sensibilities (I know Kiev and the western Ukraine have their special history which should be respected), I'd long noted that the sisters Bondarenko & a couple of other Ukranian players are in many ways more oriented to Kharkiv & the east. No surprise then, when Yanukovych & the Regions reassumed power, those girls immediately went on WTA's sh!t-list along with all other Rus.
Hell yes, it's political. Only when we notice it and speak of it do we hear, "Oh, you musn't get political"--in other words, only THEY are allowed to politicize the game. Screw that. [H]
"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
