As the "war on terror" moves ahead I would not be surprised to see Ukraine Split into two parts by the end of the decade. One half being aligned with Moscow.
Interesting, you may be right.
-Am
To deal with that situation, APN argues that it is necessary to create a counterweight to western Ukrainian nationalism. And because Yanukovich has failed to do that, Russia must "create in Ukraine its own version of nationalism, one friendly to Moscow."
How could that be done? APN argues that "in eastern Ukraine, a new political nation has already been formed, which only needs a push in order to become conscious of itself." That nation wants an alliance with Russia, and its creation as a new kind of Ukrainian identity will "seize from the hands of Yushchenko (his current) monopoly on Ukrainian identity."
APN proposes calling this new identity "the young Ukrainians" -- or "nationalism of the Eastern Rite." And the site suggests that Moscow has the ability to create it by playing the hostility of eastern Ukrainians against the western Ukrainians who have dominated much of the Ukrainian national movement for the last generation.
"If the slogan of the 'westerners' is 'Ukraine is not Russia,'" APN suggests, "the slogan of 'the young Ukrainians' is that Ukraine is not Galicia!" Such a slogan, the site continues, will give Yanukovich the chance to portray Yushchenko as a foreign agent, something who will work for and at the direction of outside powers.
The site concludes with a set of slogans it suggests Moscow and its ally Yanukovich should use. Among them are "Ukraine is an independent state not controlled from outside." "Ukraine is not Galicia. The true Ukrainians are the Ukrainians of the East. 'Westerners' are too much under the influence of Poland." And "In Ukraine, there are two political nations -- the Ukrainians and the 'Westerners.'"
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