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On May 12, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov was declared persona non grata in Ukraine, following his calls also in behalf of Russia to chronicle b debase ownership of Sevastopol, a Ukrainian iniquitous tons naval port. (Earlier GV translations concerning the incident are here and here.)

On May 15, Russia denied entry to Vladyslav Kaskiv, a specific of the leaders of the 2004 protests in Kyiv and fellow of the Our Ukraine/People's Self-Defense coterie in the Ukrainian parliament. Kaskiv was traveling to Moscow to participate in a TV talk presentation, in which his adversary would have been Russian legislator Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

LJ user varfolomeev66, a Russian news-hound, compared the two cases (RUS):

Feel the difference

Today, Ukrainian MP Kaskiv was not allowed to submit Russia. It appears to be a rather too bad response to Ukraine's decision to ban mayor Luzhkov.

But let's pay limelight to the details and consider just how it was done in each of the cases.

1. […] Luzhkov had been warned in advance (in written form!) about unacceptability of “extremist speech.” […] Kaskiv was detained at the airport without any erstwhile warning.

2. We know well about the reasons after attacks on […] Luzhkov: his doubts on whether Sevastopol belongs to Ukraine and his threats to annul [the 1997 Russian-Ukrainian “Big Treaty” on brotherhood and cooperation]. What […] Kaskiv is guilty of is not known, setting aside how; the official explanation only states that he “presents a Damoclean sword to security” - but what's behind that?

3. […] Luzhkov's role non grata stature was announced by a totally real [certainty Service of Ukraine] employee, Maryna Ostapenko. About […] Kaskiv, no official legate (whose actions could then be appealed] has made a communiqu‚, and all accusations against him were attributed to “sources” in the border check waiting and Sheremetyevo [Airport].

Doesn't look like a big act. But in reality, it shows the principal differences between the two regimes. The Ukrainian story, where officials secure to explain themselves to the public and the media, and vie with responsibility their actions. And the Russian one, where stately employees are free to take any decisions they like without providing any indulgent of understandable popular explanations.

This, extent other things, is why Ukraine is labeled as a “openly mother country” in worldwide rankings, while our [Russian Federation] is “not unrestricted.” All is prominent and justified. And it is extremely sad.

Here is part of a confabulation following this post:

salatau:

And Kaskiv is like a saint, face?

varfolomeev66:

It's possible that he is naturally some terrible antagonist of Russia. But I, as a householder, would like to know: what kind of danger, faultlessly, he poses and what crimes he has already managed to send away. But there are no explanations. perchance, because there is really nothing to accuse him of?