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pampango

(24,692 posts) Wed May 14, 2014, 01:14 PM May 2014

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Poor ol' right-wing Svoboda party is polling at 1.5% with the Ukrainian election in 11 days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_presidential_election,_2014

From what I read if that percentage holds true it will be below the 5% threshold for winning a seat in the parliament and Svoboda will have no representatives in the parliament. That would be good news for everyone.

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Poor ol' right-wing Svoboda party is polling at 1.5% with the Ukrainian election in 11 days. (Original Post) pampango May 2014 OP

Are they the ones Vicki Nuland made cookies for after Biden's son pulled off the coup msanthrope May 2014 #1

! dionysus May 2014 #3

I'm here all week!! nt msanthrope May 2014 #6

Yes that's them sharp_stick May 2014 #4

It's Biden...he's the real power behind the throne. nt msanthrope May 2014 #5

And yet they have three ministers within the current government. Go figure. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #2

Not for long I hope. Good to see that Ukrainians seem to be rejecting them. n/t pampango May 2014 #7

The great and powerful Svoboda? Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #8

Agreed. Good news indeed. nt AverageJoe90 May 2014 #9

'Svoboda'=Freedom. There's that Russian word for freedom Reagan said they didn't have... Aristus May 2014 #10

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

1. Are they the ones Vicki Nuland made cookies for after Biden's son pulled off the coup

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:17 PM

May 2014

in the Ukraine????

dionysus

(26,467 posts)

3. !

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #1)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:22 PM

May 2014

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

6. I'm here all week!! nt

Reply to dionysus (Reply #3)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:26 PM

May 2014

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

4. Yes that's them

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #1)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:22 PM

May 2014

rumor has it that Barack Obama has made them an offer of Cabinet positions here if they don't succeed in the Ukraine so all's good.

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

5. It's Biden...he's the real power behind the throne. nt

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #4)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:25 PM

May 2014

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

2. And yet they have three ministers within the current government. Go figure.

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:20 PM

May 2014

pampango

(24,692 posts)

7. Not for long I hope. Good to see that Ukrainians seem to be rejecting them. n/t

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #2)

Wed May 14, 2014, 01:28 PM

May 2014

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)

8. The great and powerful Svoboda?

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 02:22 PM

May 2014

But....but....Neo-Nazis! Cookies! Odessa! Coup!

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

9. Agreed. Good news indeed. nt

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 03:16 PM

May 2014

Aristus

(66,329 posts)

10. 'Svoboda'=Freedom. There's that Russian word for freedom Reagan said they didn't have...

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 03:21 PM

May 2014

And how typical of a right-wing party to name themselves that...

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