On The Subject Of Encouraging/Preserving Democracy & Civil Society In Eastern Europe Including In The Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, & Moldova

U.S. Government Statement on Investigation of Ukrainian Opposition Politicians

30 December 2010.

'Although as a rule the U.S. Government does not comment on the specifics of individual cases, we have raised with the Ukrainian government our concern that while corruption should be pursued, prosecution should not be selective or politically motivated.

In that context, we also raised our concern that when, with few exceptions, the only senior officials being targeted are connected with the previous government, it gives the appearance of selective prosecution of political opponents.'

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The Glory of Ukraine: Pre-Christian Archeology and Christian Sacred Images from the 11th to the 19th Centuries CE on display in Washington, D.C. until Sunday, January 16, 2011.

Happy New Years to my faithful readers.

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Image credits: Copyright controlled.

Rhyton with Ram Protome
5th - 4th centuries. B.C.E.
Gold.
The Museum of National Cultural Heritage PlaTar (now under construction), Kyiv, Ukraine, Future European Union.

Mother of God Hodigitria
Village of Isaiah, Lviv Oblast, 1370 C.E.
Wood, tempera
30 1/2” x 24 1/4”
The Andrei Sheptitsky Lviv National Museum,
Lviv, Ukraine, Future European Union.