I HAVEN’T PAID ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE UKRAINE MESS:

KIEV (Reuters) – Up to 200,000 protesters rallied outside an emergency session of Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday demanding authorities admit they cheated in a presidential poll which showed the country’s Moscow-backed prime minister had won.

Parliamentary deputies held the session in response to calls from supporters of West-leaning challenger Viktor Yushchenko, who says he was robbed of victory in Sunday’s second-round run-off by backers of Prime minister Viktor Yanukovich.

I don’t know much about this, but it seems like a big deal.

UPDATE: Other bloggers have been on the job. Check out A Fistful of Euros, and Blog de Connard, a Kiev blog, which has photos and firsthand reporting. And there’s more at Neeka’s backlog, by Ukrainian journalist Veronica Khokhlova. Check out Europhobia, too. I’m not very familiar with these blogs, but they’re posting interesting stuff. Meanwhile Jim Geraghty predicts a domestic spin.