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Ukraine
Says Russia
Replaying 2008
Abkhazia &
S. Ossetia
Olympic Games
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 10 --
Ukraine's
Ambassador
Volodymyr
Yelchenko
convened a
press stakeout
on August 10,
to read a
statement by
his foreign
minister and
say to expect
a Security
Council
meeting at any
time about the
situation with
Russia. He
hearkened back
to Russia and
Abkhazia and
South Ossetia
during the
Olympics eight
years ago.
Inner
City Press
asked
Volodymyr
Yelchenko what
lessons
Ukraine takes
from those
events of
2008, and
given the
doubts he
expressed
about Ban
Ki-moon, if he
had contacted
the UN
Secretariat. Periscope video here.
He mentioned
that the UN
Department of
Political
Affairs would
be ready to
brief.
UN DPA is
headed by
Jeffrey
Feltman, who
as revealed
yesterday
while at the
US State
Department met
about Lebanon
with major CGF
donor Chagoury
- but that's
another story.
Yelchenko said
to remain
alert for a
Security
Council
meeting. For
his stakeout,
the UN didn't
even unlock
the glass
doors to the
stakeout, the
access for
journalists
called
“non-resident”
as Inner City
Press has been
since, in
retaliation
for coverage,
Ban and his
USG Cristina
Gallach evicted
the Press.
Emerging
documentary
here.
Click here for
coverage of
2008, from
the Inner City
Press
(evicted) vault.
Watch this
site.
Back on
February 10
the
International
Monetary
Fund's
Christine
Lagarde said:
"I am
concerned
about
Ukraine’s slow
progress in
improving
governance and
fighting
corruption,
and reducing
the influence
of vested
interests in
policymaking.
Without a
substantial
new effort to
invigorate
governance
reforms and
fight
corruption, it
is hard to see
how the
IMF-supported
program can
continue and
be successful.
Ukraine risks
a return to
the pattern of
failed
economic
policies that
has plagued
its recent
history. It is
vital that
Ukraine's
leadership
acts now to
put the
country back
on a promising
path of
reform.”
Hard to
see, indeed.
But later on
Wednesday,
Lagarde said:
"I had a
constructive
discussion
with President
Petro
Poroshenko on
issues raised
by my press
statement this
morning.
“The President
reassured me
of his
unwavering
commitment to
reforms,
including
improving
governance and
fighting
corruption. We
agreed on the
principle of a
roadmap of
actions and
priority
measures to
ensure prompt
progress under
the program,
which will
help keep
Ukraine on a
path toward
robust and
sustainable
growth."
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