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Rhetorical Ukraine

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What are the words lightly exchanged on the street, versus the camping out with friends in Nature, or chilling in the quiet cafe on a lazy summer day ? My brief  survey amongst the people who know me  outside the Kiev is simply this : They will admit business things aren't great for them, they carry on with  their lives in as much a normal pattern as possible, hope for the best and anticipate the least in results. They snicker about various  situations in their parliament, laugh about Russia , and yet for the most part they  are satisfied with the power structure that's in place , the Poroshenko administration has a reasonably solid foundation. The Revolution of Dignity , while it was fueled by rhetoric, along with facts, emotional references and public perceptions : people wanted  to gain their freedom, at any cost.  Yet what now is the result, was it worth it ? They think so : It's hard for people to build trust when they've been  been mis-served,  for so ma