Another fraudlent election

[nickcsadler]

I don`t recall Yanokovich saying anything about being the saviour of Orthodox releigion...I do agree however that in politics symbolism plays a big part... something that Yu employed very well...almost too well... but then he did have the Yanks to teach him....

[big-daddy]

Well, not saviour Jesus Christ type, but he had very strong support of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchat (as oppose to UOC Kyyiv Patriarchat). I remember in Kyyiv before the elections they also had khrestni pokhody for him- batyushki, monakhy, the works.
There's a whole bunch of pics of Ya. rallies with people carrying icons and crosses- it'll take me some time of finding them.
This is a pretty good assessment: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6749835/

...Defying Ukrainian law, which forbids the church to favor a political candidate, Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate which oversees the Lavra, said Nov. 9 on television that he only gave his blessing to Yanukovich. "I view him as a true orthodox believer, who would deserve to be the head of our state."

Other clergy echoed his views. ⌠If you are a believer, you are for Yanukovich. To stand for Yanukovich is to stand for orthodoxy. We must protect from the demons in the West,■ Brother Valeri said in fluent Russian.

Another clergyman, Father Adam, says prayers should be said for both men. ⌠The church prays for Yanukovich so you have to pray for God to bless him. He is a believer. For Yushchenko, you pray to bring him back into the circle of believers.■
But read the whole thing.

- Man, I long for Communist days when religion was outlawed.

[Edited by big-daddy on 15th January 2005 at 02:03]