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"In 2012, Svoboda was successful precisely because Yanukovych used it as this kind of “scarecrow” party. The party’s media visibility dramatically increased, especially on government-controlled television channels. Yanukovych and his associates wanted to damage the mainstream opposition by elevating the significance of Svoboda. They were positioning Svoboda’s leader, Oleh Tyahnybok, to be Yanukovych’s opponent in the second round of the presidential election in 2015. With state media support, he would cruise through round one, but all opinion polls predicted that he would be unelectable in round two" Sounds like a somewhat familiar tactic! - Amith _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
