CRIMEAN SPEAKER UNHAPPY OVER VICE PREMIER'S WIFE APPOINTMENT

Speaker of the Crimean Legislature is furious at the appointment of the vice-premier wife at the head of the Crimean Cultural Heritage Department. Boris Deutch is reported to call prime-minister of the Crimea Anatoly Matvienko and slammed his decision. Mr. Deutch is unhappy by Mrs. Svetlana Skorchenko’s previous work at the Interregional Academy of Management in Kiev. The Academy has a reputation of being anti-Semitic. Prime Minister Anatoly Matvienko ignored the outbursts of the Speaker. Boris Deutch is not in good standing with the orange regime because of his support of Victor Yanukovitch, the opponent of the current Ukrainian President. Mr. Deutch was not fired as his close collaborator former premier Serguei Kunitsyn, because the new regime needs him to provide smooth transition. Souces say, files on Boris Deutch built by the orange militants in the Crimea can easily enable the new administration to fire the Speaker and even launch legal proceedings against him.