Russia Offers Ukraine Democracy Following Liepāja Model — With Wind from the East

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin surprised the world this week with a revolutionary idea — Ukraine needs 'international administration'. Similar to our Liepāja, where it sometimes seems like the wind is in charge, except in their case it would be the wind of dictatorship from the east.

'We are ready to discuss democratic elections,' explains Galuzin, apparently forgetting that the last democratic elections in his own country took place around the same time Liepāja last had no wind. That is, never.

'It's like when a neighbor offers to fix your garden, but his own yard only grows weeds and propaganda flowers,' comments local political expert Jānis from Grobiņa. 'And he still wants you to pay him for it with your territory.'

Although this 'new' idea was already voiced in March, it's now returning like an old hit on Radio Kurzeme — nobody really wants to hear it, but it keeps playing anyway. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to prove it can govern itself better than any 'international administrator' from a country where democracy is as rare as silence in Liepāja port during a storm.