Foreign Correspondence

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FWIW.... here are the sources the University students just gave me.


they say this one usually has the English translation 4 hours after the Ukrainian story.

http://eng.maidanua.org/


http://www.kyivpost.com/

http://www2.pravda.com.ua/en/

All of them have less info in English and this is a problem.

According to the University students I am currently chatting with out of 15 tv channels in Ukraine all but one are hard core government propaganda. Just recently they said now two are pretty good as one defected from the Kuchma thugs because public opinion is that winning ( getting out from under Kuchmas thumb )is possible.

They said there are reports of special forces from Russia already being in Kiev. When I asked if they believed it they said fifty fifty chance and there is no way to tell as they would be dressed like local riot cops. They said that they do not think the local cops are going to turn against the protesters. So if Moscow wants to intervene with some rough stuff they will have to use outside forces.

Not a recommendation to buy or smell.