On the seat to the wolves

Orthodox Christmas Yulia Tymoshenko meets in prison, and this news is not surprising. Many commentators were mistaken, including the author of these lines, predicting the quickly liberation of Lady Yu - and not that, they say, Yanukovych will repeat the mistake of Kuchma, and she will still come into the wild, but in the halo of the martyr and sufferer for the truth. Victor Fedorovich did not repeat the mistakes of Leonid Danilovich.

He planted it, but is not going to release it.

At the same time, unlike smart, but nervous Kuchma, Yanukovych simply ignores any statements on this topic. In the best case, imitating Putin, he will say something like if the process, similar to that that was held in Kyiv, happened "in any other country of the world, even the most democratic, no one would have said anything there, they would not open his mouth." At the same time, imitating the Russian prosecutors, Ukrainian Shokhins are starting new affairs against Tymoshenko - including in fact, the waste of state funds in the last millennium. These business, as lawyers say, are hopeless, but quite significant. Julia Vladimirovna is made to understand that they are going to be in prison. Like the same Putin - the same Khodorkovsky. Or Aleksanyan.

However, they do not forget on Bankova and about PR. Is Tymoshenko sick? What is not true. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine is authorized to inform: the state of health is satisfactory, it is prescribed medical physical education. Tymoshenko is contained in inhuman conditions, does the light constantly burn in her cell? What a lie, "impudent and cynical." The Deputy Prosecutor of the Country of Kuzmin is authorized to inform that not every hotel such conditions as in its light, the photo is attached, and the light burns at night completely, according to the internal routine. Such a quick reaction of the authorities indicates that the case of Tymoshenko is on constant control.

This is a very important thing for Yanukovych. Getting rid of the main rival in future elections, he, with all his rating losses, retains good chances of the re -election. Therefore, Viktor Fedorovich practically ignores criticism from the west and from the east, and in front of the Kharkov colony, where the activists of the "Fatherland" are trying to arrange campaign tents, employees of the local sewage service are risen on a labor shift. According to the method, also worked out by neighbors.

The fact is that today he can afford it: mean speeches about the triumph of law, stupid silence, sewer work. In the West, they rarely recall about Ukraine, since it is full of their worries related to the economic crisis and the salvation of the euro. Kyiv’s relations with Moscow are worsening, but Tymoshenko’s case here is just an episode of a deadly discussion about gas prices. The most important thing is that the Ukrainian society has changed a lot since he celebrated the victory over Yanukovych on the Maidan. This is a fragmented, depolitized, tired society - approximately like ours until December, with the only difference being that the leaders of the Orange Revolution lost their voters much faster than Yeltsin.

In general, present -day Ukraine with Russia has many features of similarity. Imital democracy, wild corruption, crooked but relatively stable power vertical. Dissatisfaction is great, but political leaders who are able to argue for power with the unpopular Yanukovych, is not and is not visible in the near future. The local specificity lies in the fact that Yanukovych, who pronounces his speeches or even stupidly silent next to a wreath falling on him, is exhausted by the enormous laughter, while Putin causes fear and disgust. Therefore, the President of Ukraine prefers not to respond to Tymoshenko’s business, and Putin loves to talk about the fact that the thief, who has his hands in blood, should sit in prison.

If we compare the fate of Khodorkovsky-Lebedev and Yulia Tymoshenko, then it is difficult to say whose fate is tragic. On the one hand, Lady Yu is just starting her walking through the torment, and yet there is a chance for her early liberation, and the prisoners of the “Yukos” are serving a second term, and the end is not visible. On the other hand, a woman in prison is a special plot, and the fact that her life is in the hands of a former bandit with a fan of guessed criminal records inspires some very dreary feelings, and perhaps the weak hope on Christmas holiday seeks to overcome the sin of despondency.