Pre-Election Coalitions Invite Skepticism
Lots of speculation in the Ukrainian media on possible pre-election and post-election coalition deals and combinations. Ukraine's big businessmen would probably settle for an NSNU [People's Union - Our Ukraine] -Partiya Regioniv [Party of Regions] arrangement. Some say that this is a 'done deal'; others say that a NSNU-BYuT [Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc] + small fry deal will be done by the week-end.
Partiya Regioniv-Socialist-Communist arrangements are even being discussed.
My guess is that most electors will take a rather cynical view of any coalition Scotch-taped together before polling day.
A truer picture of Ukrainian politics is painted in an illuminating article in 'Ukrainska Pravda' [in Ukrainian] which reveals into which parties Ukraine's richest and most influential businessmen are 'placing' their people. Maybe they'll run it in English.
