BREAKFAST AT HOTEL IMPRESSA, KIEV I lived here for more than a year. Almost a year and a half. And it will always represent rebirth and to me. Life in a new alien world that now is anything but alien. The most obvious changes are both in me (I have adopted Ukraines pace-of-life, and Ukrainian manners), and in Kiev - the revolution destroyed downtown, and the government is no longer a vehicle for corruption like it was - so the area is relatively poorer than it was prior to the revolution. One of the Agents for the ex-president (criminal) worked out of the restaurant here, and sold influence on behalf of the president. I have a photo of his business card. These people were called Advisors To The President: influence peddlers. Ive overheard maybe a hundred of those conversations. Because most of the influence was obtained by foreigners - people wanting to do business in Ukraine, and they would get help and financing in exchange for a cut. Those people are gone. But so is the restaurant business created by their corruption. Conversely, I see entrepreneurship filling the vacuum. And that takes a bit of time. But its slowly happening.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:30:02 +0000
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