Ukraine President Updates Status

      No, not a Facebook status update, a political situation update.  His long letter published nationally in the USA, gave many reasons to be hopeful of Ukraine's future, politically.  Many departments have been wiped clean of former bureaucrats, often with corruption charges following.  The judges in many courts were also replaced, especially those with ties to former officials.
     Yes, the rebels in the Donbass region in the east along the border with the Russyan Bear have continued to abuse the Minsk Accord.  But they have not been able to expand their reach, facing a stiffening of government troops in the Donetsk area.  Now Vlad has to be aware that the take down of FIFA by the FBI could spell doom for the next World Cup in the form of a worldwide boycott.  Hmmm.  Will this sway Vova away from his aggressive behavior against the West?  Doubt it. Pirates rarely listen to reason- that's why they are called Pirates. 
      The international community may have varied foci at this time(see Syria, Mynmarr, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Moldova, and Greece.   In 2 weeks the Greek situation will be settled, one way or the other.  The Iraq nuclear talks will reach a finality, one way or the other.  And NATO will move a few mocked up pieces of armor along the Latvian border to make a statement: "See, we know what's happening".
      Then NASA will order a few more rocket motors and the price of oil will go down again and the recession in Russya will get worse.
   Ahhhhh, summer.  Love those long days and short nights.