From Mr Illya Rozenbaum.

Sir, Indeed it is unlikely that a “three-way tussle in Ukrainian election” (Report, October 1) between Viktor Yushchenko, Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovich will break the prolonged political deadlock in Ukraine. Ukrainians have long since dubbed the ongoing political squabble between the three politicians as “the Swan, the Crab and the Pike” after the fable by Krylov, the famous Russian writer. Occupying different natural habitats, no matter how hard the animals try, they fail in their collective pursuit of dragging the farm cart.