ScottN wrote: 
That whole area seems so volatile I wonder just how safe they can really make Sochi....

I won't pretend I am expert, but I have been to Ukraine several times and have Ukrainian friends here. I study Ukraine history and follow closely current events. Ukraine, to avoid a civil war, will partition. The pro west portion of the country, including Kiev will join the west.  The pro-Russia east will become another Belarus-type Russian client state.  The issue will be Crimea and Black Sea disputes. Moldova (an impoverished country) lies between the pro Russia area and western leaning Odessa—-another problem.  Russia is heavily vested in having seaport access  on the Black Sea..  Very simplified version, of course, but it seems the way it is playing...so far.

Ukraine: 3 protesters dead amid clashes with police in Kiev

A bird's-eye view of the demonstrations in Ukraine show the vast scale and might of the protests

This extraordinary recent panoramic view shows Independence Square in the heart of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital.

Demonstrators have defied a ban on protests, taken control of the square, stormed City Hall and demanded “revolution.”

 Manbird wrote:

Mailbags always did. They have a check box for "what do you want to do if customs gives you any trouble?" One of the options was "Abandon." I always checked that.

 Lazy8 wrote: 
If they call just say, "In Soviet Russia, package deliver you. Now saying good bye" and hang up. It'll get there. 

 Manbird wrote:

Probably for dealing with customs, and I'd be pretty helpless with that.

 Beaker wrote:

No 'puter, no internet access, no phone, and as far as I can tell no cell service either. Pretty remote village.

Ukrainian chicks are really hot.

 Lazy8 wrote: 
I just use my own phone number half the time. I figure they're not really going to call anybody. But that's shipping within the US - maybe they do need to call for some reason outside the US. 

I need to ship a couple of boxes of books to the Ukraine, but my old standby method (international mailbag) has become prohibitively expensive. Fedex and UPS require a phone number for the recipient, and the recipient has no phone. Anybody got a reliable (hopefully inexpensive) way to ship into the country?

 Concord03 wrote: 

Hello, my name is Nikita and I'm from Ukraine too!
(Lviv, Western Ukraine)
I love this radio station. The best online radio I've ever heard. No, wait! Possibly  the best radio I have heard ever!

 ivan_cheban wrote: 
hi Ivan, I too have a soft spot for the Ukraine, having lived in Budapest and visited many many times. I might return to Kiev one last time before I end my European adventure and return back to America....

 ivan_cheban wrote: 
Priviet Ivan:

Welcome to RP!  
Having married into a Ukranian family, I can say I have a soft spot for Urkaine.

Hi Ivan,

welcome to radio paradise - the name is an omen. Enjoy yourself and life (even it`s hard).
All the best!

 ivan_cheban wrote: 
Hi Ivan, and welcome
 
You can look at the RP Listener Map to see who is listening around the world

Hi to all guys from Ukraine! I live in Kiev, the capital in Ukraine. I am an avid RP listener. I wonder how many other Ukrainians listen to this beautiful Internet radio?

Earlier today first Ukrainian song been added to rotation :)
It's composed by Tatiana Shamshetdinova (from AB MC) basing on folk song records and it's called Green.

Unfortunately there is no info abut this album and song at Amazon but you can find some info at official site of recording label - Atlantic-Records.

Thank you Bill once again for accepting this upload.