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Those who are watching the latest events in Ukraine, involuntarily have the impression that the self-rule of the Maidan is slowly losing any influence over the processes outside it, and there are reasons for that.
First of all, it should be borne in mind that there is a fierce struggle within the country's political beau monde that has repeatedly demonstrated its inconsistency in the formation of competent authorities, which does not prevent its representatives from claiming once again to be leaders of this process, backed only by unwarranted ambitions. In essence, there is an open struggle for power between the "groups of influence" who want that the non-stop reality show "plundering the country" goes on at any cost, even at the expense of Ukraine's economy and sovereignty.
The mass media have actively involved in the struggle for power, defending the interests of those to whom they belong. They resorted to the use of outright lies and compromising materials on potential competitors. The objectivity in the disclosure of information has given way to speculation and rumors that are born in the inflamed brain of the “fighters” for power. "Managers of the power" create the illusion of their importance by putting forward drafts of possible combinations of building a hierarchy of interests of the candidates for power. The country is drawn into the process of "disposing of the bear's skin before one has caught the bear," although a wounded "beast" is still capable of breaking one's back and bloody up many people who encroach on its life.
The real force capable of overcoming the 'beast" is the Ukrainians and no one else, but they froze in indecisiveness because those who volunteered to direct their movement hesitantly trample themselves on the spot under the surfeit of proposals of self-appointed “consultants” offering a wide range of the “movement options.” They are not aware that the "consultants" directly or indirectly express the interests of the "influence groups" fighting for power in the country. The lingering calm will nullify everything that the Maidan has achieved since its inception if its self-rule doesn't have the will and courage to cut the Gordian knot of the current power.
In Ukraine's infosphere, there have appeared again the "horror stories" of 2004: a possible threat of intervention from Russia or the United States; death squads scourging around the country are ready to destroy everyone and everything; the civilian population is just waiting to use at least 5 million units of the hidden weapons. But the trouble is that in the frenzy of the "stream of consciousness" pouring through the media onto the heads of ordinary people, no one bothers to explain why same Russia has not yet used its chance to "restore order" in the adjacent territory by means of military intervention?
Probably, we are dealing with the objective reasons for such a situation, and not with the whims of the same Putin. After all, the power of Russia makes no secret of its interests towards Ukraine. But to wish doesn't yet mean to be able to. That is why Putin decided, using the puppet regime of Yanukovich, to blow up civil society in Ukraine and destroy it with the hands of the Ukrainians themselves. Lull is the time, which Putin and the authorities of Yanukovich need to regroup their forces and suppress panic in the "slender ranks" of the Party of Regions. But the “inadequacy” of the very “party's honorable leader” (V. Yanukovich) has already destroyed the possible consolidation of its members, since his threats against them during the “rush” in the Verkhovna Rada of the presidential version of the amnesty law were perceived as a signal: “from now on, every man for himself." The secret escape of Prime Minister Azarov to Austria is an example. Rats flee from the ship.
It is high time for the leaders of the Maidan to understand that the power is assumed, and "the throne is never vacant." If the people don't do it through their Veche, then the power will “float away” into the hands of “worthless opposition.” Yatsenyuk, like a horse, “champs at the bit” with impatience, in order to quickly become the Prime-minister of Ukraine, even to the detriment of his own political rating. The only real and sensible opposition leader remains Yu. V. Timoshenko, as can be seen from her last message to her fellow party members, but she is in place of detention, and no one is eager to release her. Many believe that if she were free, the Yanukovich regime has long fallen. She would have had enough political will and decisiveness in contrast to the 'guisers of pocket opposition’ represented by Yatsenyuk, Klitschko, and Tyahnibok in order to organize and lead the protest movement in the country, rather than bargaining for seats in the mythical government from 'opposition’ under Yanukovich’s patronage.
The only thing reassures: if people once again cannot solve their problems because of their own inconsistency, then the Creator will have to do it for them, but at His discretion.
* Translator’s note: The Author often uses proverbs in His works to emphasize the importance of certain thoughts. The title of this article in the Russian original is also a Russian proverb "У семи нянек дитя без глазу". It means that a child who has seven nannies, in reality, is not under the watchful eye of either of them. Its analog in English is the saying: "Too many cooks spoil the broth (the soup)." Using this the proverb in a broad sense, the author, in this case, draws your attention to the fact that the lack of unity among the leaders of the Maidan led to the fact that political crooks profited by the fruits of the people's victory.
It would seem that there can be no problems with the translation of the text in which this proverb is used. However, due to the specificity of the Russian text, if it is literally translated into English, the translator may become a victim of Catch 22: "The child who has seven nannies loses an eye." This is exactly what happened in July 1993 to an excellent translator from St. Petersburg, who brilliantly worked with the Ukrainian delegation at the reception of the Canadian Ambassador to NATO, who was deadly tired of translating the speeches of Ukrainian officers from a “military” Russian into literary English. With a blurred look at those present, she reflexively reproduced the above phrase and then finalized that in this case child's eye will be inevitably gouged out. My neighbor, who did not understand the associative correlation between the disorder in the Ukrainian armed forces and the fact that the child would lose an eye, said with surprise: "Oh, those Russians ..." (Boney M. "Rasputin"). Fortunately, it was noisy in the room, and none but he paid attention to this strange feature ...
Feb. 7rd, 2014
Translated by professor Leonid Bilousov
nikpavl2002.dreamwidth.org/22332.html
[Eng]
Those who are watching the latest events in Ukraine, involuntarily have the impression that the self-rule of the Maidan is slowly losing any influence over the processes outside it, and there are reasons for that.
First of all, it should be borne in mind that there is a fierce struggle within the country's political beau monde that has repeatedly demonstrated its inconsistency in the formation of competent authorities, which does not prevent its representatives from claiming once again to be leaders of this process, backed only by unwarranted ambitions. In essence, there is an open struggle for power between the "groups of influence" who want that the non-stop reality show "plundering the country" goes on at any cost, even at the expense of Ukraine's economy and sovereignty.
The mass media have actively involved in the struggle for power, defending the interests of those to whom they belong. They resorted to the use of outright lies and compromising materials on potential competitors. The objectivity in the disclosure of information has given way to speculation and rumors that are born in the inflamed brain of the “fighters” for power. "Managers of the power" create the illusion of their importance by putting forward drafts of possible combinations of building a hierarchy of interests of the candidates for power. The country is drawn into the process of "disposing of the bear's skin before one has caught the bear," although a wounded "beast" is still capable of breaking one's back and bloody up many people who encroach on its life.
The real force capable of overcoming the 'beast" is the Ukrainians and no one else, but they froze in indecisiveness because those who volunteered to direct their movement hesitantly trample themselves on the spot under the surfeit of proposals of self-appointed “consultants” offering a wide range of the “movement options.” They are not aware that the "consultants" directly or indirectly express the interests of the "influence groups" fighting for power in the country. The lingering calm will nullify everything that the Maidan has achieved since its inception if its self-rule doesn't have the will and courage to cut the Gordian knot of the current power.
In Ukraine's infosphere, there have appeared again the "horror stories" of 2004: a possible threat of intervention from Russia or the United States; death squads scourging around the country are ready to destroy everyone and everything; the civilian population is just waiting to use at least 5 million units of the hidden weapons. But the trouble is that in the frenzy of the "stream of consciousness" pouring through the media onto the heads of ordinary people, no one bothers to explain why same Russia has not yet used its chance to "restore order" in the adjacent territory by means of military intervention?
Probably, we are dealing with the objective reasons for such a situation, and not with the whims of the same Putin. After all, the power of Russia makes no secret of its interests towards Ukraine. But to wish doesn't yet mean to be able to. That is why Putin decided, using the puppet regime of Yanukovich, to blow up civil society in Ukraine and destroy it with the hands of the Ukrainians themselves. Lull is the time, which Putin and the authorities of Yanukovich need to regroup their forces and suppress panic in the "slender ranks" of the Party of Regions. But the “inadequacy” of the very “party's honorable leader” (V. Yanukovich) has already destroyed the possible consolidation of its members, since his threats against them during the “rush” in the Verkhovna Rada of the presidential version of the amnesty law were perceived as a signal: “from now on, every man for himself." The secret escape of Prime Minister Azarov to Austria is an example. Rats flee from the ship.
It is high time for the leaders of the Maidan to understand that the power is assumed, and "the throne is never vacant." If the people don't do it through their Veche, then the power will “float away” into the hands of “worthless opposition.” Yatsenyuk, like a horse, “champs at the bit” with impatience, in order to quickly become the Prime-minister of Ukraine, even to the detriment of his own political rating. The only real and sensible opposition leader remains Yu. V. Timoshenko, as can be seen from her last message to her fellow party members, but she is in place of detention, and no one is eager to release her. Many believe that if she were free, the Yanukovich regime has long fallen. She would have had enough political will and decisiveness in contrast to the 'guisers of pocket opposition’ represented by Yatsenyuk, Klitschko, and Tyahnibok in order to organize and lead the protest movement in the country, rather than bargaining for seats in the mythical government from 'opposition’ under Yanukovich’s patronage.
The only thing reassures: if people once again cannot solve their problems because of their own inconsistency, then the Creator will have to do it for them, but at His discretion.
* Translator’s note: The Author often uses proverbs in His works to emphasize the importance of certain thoughts. The title of this article in the Russian original is also a Russian proverb "У семи нянек дитя без глазу". It means that a child who has seven nannies, in reality, is not under the watchful eye of either of them. Its analog in English is the saying: "Too many cooks spoil the broth (the soup)." Using this the proverb in a broad sense, the author, in this case, draws your attention to the fact that the lack of unity among the leaders of the Maidan led to the fact that political crooks profited by the fruits of the people's victory.
It would seem that there can be no problems with the translation of the text in which this proverb is used. However, due to the specificity of the Russian text, if it is literally translated into English, the translator may become a victim of Catch 22: "The child who has seven nannies loses an eye." This is exactly what happened in July 1993 to an excellent translator from St. Petersburg, who brilliantly worked with the Ukrainian delegation at the reception of the Canadian Ambassador to NATO, who was deadly tired of translating the speeches of Ukrainian officers from a “military” Russian into literary English. With a blurred look at those present, she reflexively reproduced the above phrase and then finalized that in this case child's eye will be inevitably gouged out. My neighbor, who did not understand the associative correlation between the disorder in the Ukrainian armed forces and the fact that the child would lose an eye, said with surprise: "Oh, those Russians ..." (Boney M. "Rasputin"). Fortunately, it was noisy in the room, and none but he paid attention to this strange feature ...
Feb. 7rd, 2014
Translated by professor Leonid Bilousov