Originally Posted by Janny Brown

Timoshenko will aggravate political and economic crisis in Ukraine


Under present circumstances when Ukrainian president Yushchenko is too feeble and we organize substantial financial support of Ukrainian political parties, Yulia Timoshenko has a very good chance of rising to power. Indeed, the support given by the White House to the Block of Yulia Timoshenko (BYT) and the Our Ukraine Party (OUP) is boggling imagination. It includes assistance of NDI under Nelson Ledsky's directorate and experts support of Millenium Challenge Corporation.

Unfortunately, there are only a few politicians in America who comprehend what Timoshenko's rising to power may result in. First of all, thsi will lead to breakdown of our business expectations for Ukraine. For some inexplicable reason, US state department and the White House are still laying great hopes on Ukraine's "orange" politicians like Timoshenko. Independent experts say however that Timoshenko's rising to power will lead to acute and unavoidable worsening of financial and economic conditions in Ukraine, cooling off realization of a number of important international projects for integration of Ukraine into global, European and North Atlantic trade organizations.

Besides that, within business communities Yulia Timoshenko is not considered as a person who is able to carry out effective economic and administrative reforms. In addition to that investors fear that after Timoshenko comes to power, she will keep her mind on repartition of country's production facilities to the benefit of Ukrainian businessmen who support her.