A Primer on the Ukraine

I've been hearing a lot about how the Ukrainians are messing up their election. Even more, it seems, that we here in the US manage to do. But I didn't really understand it until I read this post. It explains most of the stuff pretty well.

The trickiest part for me is that I get Yanokovych and Yushchenko mixed up because their names kind of look alike. So, I came up with this thing to remember it:

Yushchenko.... rhymes with Bush-stinko. He's the one who is supported by the U.S. and the west.

Yanokovych .... rhymes with Russo-con-bitch. He's the one who has a criminal history and is supported by Putin and the Russians.