When Vladimir Putin’s second presidential term was drawing to a close, the question arose of who would be his successor. The press mockingly discussed the possibility that he might appoint his beloved labrador dog Connie.
Open Democracy: Yanukovych’s ‘Family’ spreads its tentacles
Last October, Ukraine’s ruling Party of the Regions won only a slim election victory, but President Viktor Yanukovych has taken the opportunity to pack his new government with members of his ‘Family’ – and to level new and grave charges at jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Sergii Leshchenko reports.
