Halyna Stadnyk, "Deutsche Welle"

• Last weekend marked the fourth anniversary of the “Orange Revolution,” but in Lviv there were no events, no commemorations, and no celebrations. This is an atypical situation for Western Ukraine.
• If last year certain parties still commemorated the events of the “Orange Revolution,” this year in **Lviv everyone was absorbed in memorial events connected with the Holodomor anniversary. Politicians themselves say that “the revolution should remain in people’s lives, and holding any celebrations would be inappropriate.”
• Commemorating the anniversary is not only inappropriate, but also not beneficial for any political force, noted sociologist Oleksii Antypovych in an interview with “Deutsche Welle.”
• Disappointment with the Orange leaders among the public is so great that it could provoke a negative reaction, and politicians themselves understand this, says Antypovych:
  “The main remark is that we were used during the Orange events, and now anyone who wants to repeat or recall those events will look like they are using people again, and people would react negatively to that.”