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Articles by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn at Maidan

Danger points and the undecided vote in Ukraine’s 2007 elections (10-09-2007)

• As Ukraine nears the election voters are splitting three ways: one third favours the Orange forces led by Yulia Tymoshneko’s Block; one third supports Prime Minister Victor Yanukhovych and his Party of Regions; and the rest won’t say.

Seeking Friends in the West—Why Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Visited Canada? (04-06-2007)

• Over a century ago, when Canada needed help to tame and develop its vast lands, Ukrainians responded. Now it’s time to reciprocate the favour.

Ukraine: A Second Chance (07-05-2007)

• If given a second chance, the Orange forces must resist taking fancy holidays as was the case after the presidential elections. After all, the hope of the Orange forces, once elected, is to get the job done for the people and the country, not to join a self-serving high life of the many in the so called “political elite.”

Our Ukraine Convention: The Hard Choices (19-03-2007)

• The decisions to be made at the upcoming Our Ukraine Bloc Convention are awesome. They have the potential of re-setting Ukraine on a pro-Russia or pro-West course. The key decision makers on March 31 will be President Victor Yushchenko, the honourary head of the Bloc and the voting delegates.

All Human Rights for All (06-11-2006)

• John Humphrey, the Canadian who penned the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights, helped me to understand the importance of all human rights for all. He wrote the Declaration to protect humanity from its own kind brought sharply into focus on the ruins of World War II; for people like me, one of some forty thousand Ukrainians that Canada accepted after the War.

Government Opposition: The Watchdog of Democracy (30-10-2006)

• The current government realizes that the opposition is working hard to win the people’s confidence, and victory in the next elections. To counter, the government may propose attractive policies, particularly in the social sector, that resonate with the people.

Old surprises; new realities in Ukraine’s Politics (12-10-2006)

• The announcement by President Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine (OU) party to go into opposition to the government does not surprise. The greater surprise happened a few weeks ago when the President called on Victor Yanukhovych to form a coalition government comprising the Party of Regions (PR), the Socialists (SPU), the Communists(CPU) and OU. Now OU is leaving.

Why Ukraine needs a good opposition not unity (01-09-2006)

• The incredible happened in Ukraine a few weeks ago. The former fraudulent presidential candidate ousted by the Orange revolution, Victor Yanukhovych, became the Prime Minister. Yesterday's criminals are today's political leaders.

With such friends and advisors who needs enemies? (26-07-2006)

• On political vacuum, western advisors, selling out Ukraine’s energy, being the opposition and accountability

Divided revolution (26-03-2006)

• RUSSIA will be a key player in Sunday's election for the Rada, Ukraine's parliament. Its objective? Nothing less than control of Ukraine's government.