Believe it or not, this is the term Ukrainians use to refer to their modern country. Some believe that the Orange Revolution of 2004 when presidential elections were falsified to proclaim victory of an ex-convict and then "made right" by proclaiming current president Yuschencko, has all been a set up by American political forces.

Little by little rumors of demonstrators getting paid to sleep on the Independence Plaza, their time coordinated by the minute, have been coming out. Ukrainian people disillusioned by the revolution itself and the people assuming power, have realized. They have been duped.

Now everyone laughs at how naive they were to believe it. They understand now that it was convenient to use patriotism and nationalism to pull the country apart and, as far as possible from its powerful neighbor Russia. And in this tuggawar between USA and Russia competing in the Super Power Olympics, Ukraine is an attractive treat.

So far Ukrainian president Yuschenko with his American wife did not live up to people's expectations. Ukrainian monetary unit "Hryvnia" lost half of its value in just one year. Traditional production industries have been halted in many regions, but American businesses have moved in.

Target, McDonnalds, Hallmark, City.com, FoxMart, Zara and Mango have opened up their stores in Ukraine with visible success.

It is vividly obvious and somewhat annoying [to me] to see Ukrainian language pollution. Store signs, product names and menu items written in English or using English words spelled in Ukrainian letters. Many terms have been changed into English words with Ukrainian ending, such as: pick-up, discount, parking, perfectionist, tip, notebooks and others.

And while Ukraine is getting ready for the next round of presidential elections in January, some predict, the country is ready for a woman president. "They're talking, she's working" say the billboards around the city, referring to Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko.

I guess we'll have to see what happens.