Lines of the new Cold War

The conflict in the Ukraine is a further grab for complete 
economic, political and military power by the United States, 
supported by the European Union. 

Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma — who has maintained a semi-
state controlled economy and favours relations with Russia over 
the NATO alliance — backed Viktor Yanukovich in the recent 
Presidential elections.

A pro-big business, pro-NATO banker — Viktor Yuschenko — was 
the main opposition candidate.

The tactics used by the United Sates and European Union to 
interfere in elections are familiar. They have been tried and 
tested in Yugoslavia, Georgia, and earlier in the socialist 
states of Eastern Europe. They were tried in Venezuela recently 
where they failed and in Belarus and Zimbabwe where they also 
failed.

These tactics are:

1. Huge quantities of money are provided by the capitalist 
states;

2. Opposition parties and groups are brought together behind one 
candidate who is acceptable to the West — preferably some big 
business figure or as in the case of the Ukraine a former banker;

3. Money is provided to the youth together with the technical 
know-how to set up webpages and make use of the internet;

4. A colour is selected together with some simple logo and catchy 
slogans which are drummed into the minds of the population by 
constant repetition;

5. Street demonstrations are organised — a bit of action for the 
young — who are being told of the wonderful life in the West and 
the attractions of getting an education in a private school, 
preferably in the United States.

6. When elections are to be held the campaign is stepped up to 
fever pitch and the population is told that the existing regime, 
the "old" government has to be replaced by the "new".

7. Agents and organisers from the West are sent in in large 
numbers to help organise the campaign with election material, 
tactics, slogans, the necessary printing equipment and unlimited 
money to buy key individuals;

8. Election observers are part of the game both to station 
themselves in the vicinity of polling booths and to organise exit 
polls, which are the first to get to the airwaves and the TV with 
results. They will come up with the necessary accusations that 
the poll was rigged if the chosen candidate fails to get a 
majority vote as was the case in the Ukraine;

9. It's all under the slogan of democracy, regardless of what 
electoral processes previously existed in the state concerned or 
not;

10. If ethnic or language differences exist they are played up, 
eg the west of the Ukraine that speaks Ukrainian and the east 
that speaks Russian.

From NATO to anti-NATO

Following the break-up of the Soviet Union and the victory of 
counter-revolution on the territory of the Soviet Union, the 
present Ukrainian President, Leonid Kutchma, initially followed a 
pro-West line but later warmed relations with the Russian 
Federation. He had initially proposed bringing the Ukraine into 
NATO but then rejected the idea.

Yanukovich also campaigned on an anti-NATO policy in the recent 
elections.

This development was not acceptable to the US and EU and the 
wheels of counter-revolution started to turn again. They wanted 
their own man at the top as in the case of Georgia.

Henry Kissinger, John McCain, Richard Holbrooke and other US 
leaders all visited the Ukraine in recent times.

Some background

The western part of the Ukraine was formerly a part of Poland and 
provided the Nazi armies with hundreds of thousands of traitors 
during WW2. These never accepted the defeat of Nazism or being 
part of the Soviet Union. They remained a political cancer in the 
body of the Soviet Union and today, provide the chosen candidate 
of the US with their strong support even to the point of plunging 
the country into civil war.

When a part of the Soviet Union, the Ukraine was, however, one of 
the Soviet Union's most prosperous republics.

But independence and capitalism did not bring prosperity but 
widespread poverty. Many Ukrainians emigrated and looked for work 
in Europe and in the Russian Federation — at cheap wages, of 
course.

The furious response to the electoral failure of pro-West 
candidate Yuschenko in the Ukraine is indicated by the 
threatening and inflammatory comments of US Secretary of State 
Colin Powell. (The very same Colin Powell who has been exposed 
for his litany of lies regarding Iraq's alleged WMD, that he 
delivered to the UN Security Council to justify the invasion of 
Iraq.)

He now threatens Ukraine, demanding that the Ukrainian Government 
listen to the voice of the people and that it reconsiders the 
election result.

The simple meaning of these allegations and threats is that the 
Ukraine should install the candidate favoured by the US.

Behind the colourful rallies

Behind the colourful mass rallies, the threats of a general 
strike and civil war, the raucous condemnations coming from the 
US, the European Union and the corporate media is the steady 
march of the US and NATO to push its frontier to the heart of the 
territory of the former Soviet Union and to further surround the 
Russian Federation.

The eastern part of the Ukraine was solidly against the candidate 
of the West.

The industrial heartland of the Ukraine, the Donbas region, where 
only two percent voted for Yushchenko (the West's candidate), are 
threatening to hold a referendum and secede to the Russian 
Federation.

They point out that they provide the manufactured goods and feed 
the other regions. The Ukraine also receives its necessary oil 
and gas supplies from the Russian Federation.

At yet, the outcome of the conflict is not clear.