So I watched the entire long program where Tymoshenko spoke about her presidential ambitions. As I said before, I was not a fan. However, I have to confess that she persuaded me.
I still disagree that Ukraine should aim for both the EU and NATO, as Tymoshenko insists, but she does have a very clear vision and she articulates it brilliantly.
Tymoshenko confessed very clearly and directly to being part of a corrupt system and outlined real, concrete ways to diminish the grip of mafia over politics. She wasn’t making excuses at any point, and I liked that. “We failed, I failed,” was something she said without even a hint of “Yes, but…”
The post-Soviet political culture follows in the footsteps of the USSR in that the politicians are always completely inarticulate, goofy, and creepily giggly. Tymoshenko spoke very well and showed exceptional public speaking skills.
I now need to hear the alternative candidate. If he speaks half as well, we can easily say, “Ukraine hasn’t died yet”, indeed.
For now, it’s Tymoshenko for president!
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Yulia is definitely the best!
And the young politicians such as Lyashko are great, too.
Ukraine is absolutely alive! It’s a fantastic country, God bless it!
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
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I’m watching the debate with Lyashko right now. I can’t say he’s my cup of tea necessarily but he’s obviously wiping the floor with his opponent.
Слава Україні!
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Lyashko sounds like a native speaker of Ukrainian. Of course, he’s young but he’s not that young. How is this possible?
Tymoshenko’s Ukrainian is great but it’s obvious she is not a native speaker and learned in adulthood.
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Lyashko is from a village in the Lugansk region, not far from the city of Lugansk, where you were born.
So calling Lugansk a Russian-language area as Putin and his camarilla are doing is just ridiculous.
🙂
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If she’s pro-EU and NATO, Putin’s operatives will do everything they can to see that she loses the election.
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Yes, I think she’ll lose, you are right.
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