The Ukrainian Supreme Court has ruled that new elections will go forward, even with the country still in political crisis. The high court’s recommendation gives a surprising and decisive victory to the opposition, and yet President Leonid Kuchma is making it clear that he is not letting his opponents walk away with victory. Ukraine’s president and his friends in Moscow blame the mess on western interference, the United States and Europe of trying to manipulate Ukrainian politics. Others say the real spoiler is Russia. So just who will be marking the next round of ballots?
Guests:
Fred Weir, Russian Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
Grygoriy Nemyria, Ukraine Director for the Center for European and International Studies in Kiev.
Stephen Nix, director of Eurasia for International Republican Institute.
Masha Lipman, Scholar in Residence at the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace’s Moscow Center.