Interview with Oleg Voloshin
Published: 11 December, 2007, 19:18
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Oleg Voloshin, a political analyst from Kiev, comments on the surprising voting result from Ukraine's Parliament, which failed to approve Yulia Timoshenko as the new Prime Minister.
“We have a democracy that has reached its limits. We have developed a pluralistic system that left us with no authorities, no government at all. Everybody was sure that Yulia Timoshenko will be approved a Prime Minister, but it didn't happen. We all see that the tradition of chaos in Ukrainian politics continues,” Voloshin said.
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