World Affairs Journal: The Yanukovych-Santa letters
Alexander J. Motyl is a professor of political science at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.
Dear Santa,
I gotta tell ya, big guy, 2011 ain’t been a good year. This joint’s falling apart, everybody hates me, and the skirts in my life are driving me crazy. I mean, like, first there’s that Ludmilla. What’s eatin’ her? Dunno. What did I do to deserve the broad? Nada, Santa, nada. I hole out in a shack near Kyiv and I set her up like a queen bee in Donetsk with the boys. Sasha’s one of the richest fellas in town (not bad for a guy who pulls teeth, and I don’t mean for laughs) and Junior loves his mom, even when he’s off the sauce. You’d think she’d stay home, watch TV, and pray for me. But nyeeeeeeet, the dame says she wants to help—to make a difference. Last time she tried that, Santa, was during that orange business, and you know what happened to me then. So, listen, Santa, how about doing me a solid? When you do your rounds in Donetsk, could you stuff a sock in her trap?
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I gotta tell ya, big guy, 2011 ain’t been a good year. This joint’s falling apart, everybody hates me, and the skirts in my life are driving me crazy. I mean, like, first there’s that Ludmilla. What’s eatin’ her? Dunno. What did I do to deserve the broad? Nada, Santa, nada. I hole out in a shack near Kyiv and I set her up like a queen bee in Donetsk with the boys. Sasha’s one of the richest fellas in town (not bad for a guy who pulls teeth, and I don’t mean for laughs) and Junior loves his mom, even when he’s off the sauce. You’d think she’d stay home, watch TV, and pray for me. But nyeeeeeeet, the dame says she wants to help—to make a difference. Last time she tried that, Santa, was during that orange business, and you know what happened to me then. So, listen, Santa, how about doing me a solid? When you do your rounds in Donetsk, could you stuff a sock in her trap?
Read the story here.
