Interesting article on future of Ukraine

[wxman]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/661ijuog.asp

[AkMike]

This paragraph sounds very bad for us!

"Now Tymoshenko is back in the PM's job with a slim two-vote majority in the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada. In the interim period, continuous creeping inflation made Kiev one of the most expensive cities in all of Europe. This, combined with a carnivorous Customs Service that makes some African kleptocracies appear tame by comparison, has made prices in Kiev for a bottle of imported red wine, a jar of Barilla pasta sauce, or most other foreign commodities, equivalent to "robbery without a gun." This is all about to get worse as Tymoshenko has just decided to do her best to discourage foreign business and tourism by telling the customs service and tax police that they need to triple their income in the next 6 months. This is like telling these two institutions that they now have a green light to steal, rob and otherwise make off with whatever they can from those trying to import goods into the country or run a business inside of its borders."