Russian Comeback?

Potential implications in stories like this one interest me very much.

Ukrainians cast ballots for a new parliament, with Russia-friendly forces poised to make a strong comeback in the first electoral test for the nation’s bickering “orange revolution” leadership and its pro-Western drive.

Russia and the West, which wrangled over the bitterly contested 2004 campaign, are once again keenly watching the ballot in this strategic country.

While the Kremlin sees Ukraine as its historic backyard, the West has encouraged Yushchenko’s drive to enter its ranks, safe from an increasingly confident and authoritarian Moscow.

Ever since it happened, I’ve been suspicious of the Break-Up of the Soviet Union.

So events of the last year or so in particular have left me wondering if a leaner and meaner “upgrade” of the USSR is in the works.

Maybe I’m just being kooky. Or at least spooky.

Perhaps.