Hey everyone,

You’ll have to excuse the lack of posting for the last couple of days. I’ve been in the Czech Republic and have just arrived in Kiev after a 36 hour train ride. The weather has been absolutely Soviet. We’re just hanging out in an internet cafe at Maidan right now, organizing things and preparing to get our visas for Belarus. I will be interviewing many people here in Ukraine as well as in Belarus about democratization activities and political progress over the next week. Tons of video, audio, and pictures to come, though I can’t say how much I will be able to regularly put up normal posts like always given how busy my schedule is going to be. In any case, look forward to that, and if you need to get ahold of me just email me or drop a comment. We will try to organize material here in the meantime!