The real Ukraine

If you are curious about all the crap going on in this country - and this city especially since it's the capital - one of the best sources of information I've found (in English) is here: http://blog.kievukraine.info/

You can read about all of the reasons the local currency is worth next to nothing, how messed up the political system here is, and generally feel better about the fact that things could be a whole lot worse in the USA.

Example: Think the banking crisis is bad in America? In Ukraine the banks are freezing accounts to prevent a run on the banks. This means that you can't take your money out of your bank account.