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Day 12 

Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 11:28 AM
Subject: DAY 12

Pryvit! Sorry for the delay, got so late last night (yes…there was some "celebrating", finally) I didn't get my email out.

In the evening the Supreme Court made its historic ruling and the crowd went crazy. Yushchenko's team was dancing on the stage to "Razom nas bahato…" after the speeches. There is still an end game to be played out, but it was impossible to contain the festive spirit and the celebrations. When Yushchenko finished speaking we all sang "Sche ne Vmerla…" like never before. A huge hot air balloon with a "Tak Yushchenko - Dnipropetrovsk" sign on it was inflated on maydan. We had a few beers with Danyo and Liza (Kulchyckyj). On the way home we cruised

Today (Saturday) and tomorrow the V.Rada has it's work cut out for it drafting the new law defining the re-vote procedure. Kuchma has to sign it into law. Yush. is also demanding Kuchma disband Yanuk. Govt and fire the CEC officials. These are hard pills to swallow someone like Kuchma, so it's not quite over yet.

Gotta go: ballet class, pee wee soccer, and then maydan at night. Day 13 begins.

Proud to be Ukrainian!

Petro out.

PS. Orange ribbons on cars have been seen on Red Square in Moscow. :