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braindead · 04-25-2007, 17:37 PM

Ray , Sir - my knowledge about Romanian affairs is extremely limited , but I try to give my opinion .
1. Romania is the only country in Eastern Europe , where political change came through violence , resulting the killing of it´s dictator . And one has to remember that Romania´s economic situation was probably the worst in East Eur. , except of Albania , thanks to Ceauscescu´s ideas of economic independence. On the other hand Romania had quite independent foreign policy (condemned WP trip to Prague 1968 , was visited by Nixon and Q. Elizabeth (?)).
But IMO they had a bad start due dire economical situation and because of lack of non-compomized leadership . It was the most authoritarian country of East.Bloc (again , except Albania perhaps). The economy struggled up to last 5-6 years , after which things have improved much.
As of current situation in Romania : i´m not very familiar with their legislative system , but still the outcome will be a little diiferent from current situation in Ukraine, because he still would get a majority of popular vote .
2. It does not affect much EU , if one does not count in the sighing in Brussels ´´those #"!¤ eastern europeans...´´. As of Russia : current president has voiced his hope that in future Moldova and Romania will be united , be it as a country or together in EU, so this concerns them probably alot. The current president is a ally to Bush too and supports strongly Romania´s presence in Iraq, so he has his support too.
3. Cannot speak of influences , have no info to make suggestions. Could be ´´the hairy hand of Kremlin´´ or just personality/background clashes. I dare not to make any comments on that

edited: as Mr.First says news from Romania are not top of the list in newspapers here too

As of situation in Kosovo - I´m tipping towards Russias position. As I of course have no firsthand experience , i have to rely on some of my acquaintances opinions who (2 ) have been there as peacekeepers and one who worked for EU . According to them Gueheno´s comments seem to be from another planet .Russians comment "overly optimistic" seems to be an very polite understatement.

04-25-2007, 17:37 PM	#58 (permalink)
braindead Lost in Translation *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 11-30-06 Location: estonia Posts: 1,418 Country:	Ray , Sir - my knowledge about Romanian affairs is extremely limited , but I try to give my opinion . 1. Romania is the only country in Eastern Europe , where political change came through violence , resulting the killing of it´s dictator . And one has to remember that Romania´s economic situation was probably the worst in East Eur. , except of Albania , thanks to Ceauscescu´s ideas of economic independence. On the other hand Romania had quite independent foreign policy (condemned WP trip to Prague 1968 , was visited by Nixon and Q. Elizabeth (?)). But IMO they had a bad start due dire economical situation and because of lack of non-compomized leadership . It was the most authoritarian country of East.Bloc (again , except Albania perhaps). The economy struggled up to last 5-6 years , after which things have improved much. As of current situation in Romania : i´m not very familiar with their legislative system , but still the outcome will be a little diiferent from current situation in Ukraine, because he still would get a majority of popular vote . 2. It does not affect much EU , if one does not count in the sighing in Brussels ´´those #"!¤ eastern europeans...´´. As of Russia : current president has voiced his hope that in future Moldova and Romania will be united , be it as a country or together in EU, so this concerns them probably alot. The current president is a ally to Bush too and supports strongly Romania´s presence in Iraq, so he has his support too. 3. Cannot speak of influences , have no info to make suggestions. Could be ´´the hairy hand of Kremlin´´ or just personality/background clashes. I dare not to make any comments on that edited: as Mr.First says news from Romania are not top of the list in newspapers here too As of situation in Kosovo - I´m tipping towards Russias position. As I of course have no firsthand experience , i have to rely on some of my acquaintances opinions who (2 ) have been there as peacekeepers and one who worked for EU . According to them Gueheno´s comments seem to be from another planet .Russians comment "overly optimistic" seems to be an very polite understatement. __________________ If i only were so smart yesterday as my wife is today