KIEV, Ukraine — Vice President Joe Biden urged Ukrainian leaders on Tuesday to curb the power of the business moguls dominating society and to fulfill the promise of the popular revolution that pushed out a pro-Moscow government last year.
Addressing the Ukrainian parliament, Biden sternly lectured lawmakers to put aside their self-interests and to transform this former Soviet republic into a model of democratic change.
Citing the failure of the Orange Revolution of 2004 to deliver enduring change, he urged Ukrainians not to let this opportunity slip by as well.
By invoking the memory of the roughly 100 protesters killed during protests in …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
