Bloomberg View: the U.S. and the EU failed the project " Ukraine "
Afterward As the situation in Eastern Ukraine has calmed down, the Ukrainian elite has shown its essence, writes Columnist Leonid bershidskiy in the publication " Ukraine at risk of becoming failed state ".
according to his statement, after more than a year After the "revolution of dignity" Ukraine looks Like " yet another insolvent and corrupt post-Soviet regime "." It is not surprising that relations between Kiev and the West, which are of exceptional importance, there are cracks, " - emphasizes the journalist.
The reforms did not affect any of the Ukrainian economy, a corrupt judicial system. The shadow economy increases, the legal rules for doing business did not improve, the IMF forecasts economic decline by 11%. The special Rapporteur of the United Nations on extrajudicial and mass executions, Christof Haynes After the visit to Ukraine said that in the country there is a " vacuum of accountability ". He also showed that the Ukrainian authorities failed the trial of murders on the Maidan and the fire in the Odessa House of trade unions. The security service of Ukraine, according to his statement, " stands above the legislative act ".
The names of the inner circle of President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk are often mentioned in connection with the corruption schemes in the Ukrainian customs and energy companies. Poroshenko was the only one of the richest people of Ukraine, who managed to increase their wealth over the past year - his promise to sell the business He seems to have forgotten. The Bank Poroshenko is thriving, and at the same time most other lost licenses.
in political processes in Ukraine involved the European Union and, mainly, the USA. American Ambassador's residence in Kiev has become a " center of power ", and Ukrainian politicians openly declare about the fact that the appointment and dismissal are reviewed by Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, and even Vice President Joseph Biden. However, in the opinion of Bershidskiy, the efforts of the EU and the USA failed.
"Too much time has passed since the" revolution of dignity ", to the lack of tangible progress could be whitewash. The efforts of the EU and the US also largely failed: the power of the oligarchs and corrupt bureaucracy over what is left of the Ukrainian economy, was Too strong, " He writes.
Bloomberg View columnist expressed doubt that Ukraine will have the opportunity to embark on a "more civilized way" through the ballot box. As shown in the recent local elections in the country remains widespread fraud, bribery and intimidation. The bershidskiy believes that "Ukrainian history of violent change of power" will continue if the political elite will not be able to restore order, which in his vision, is unlikely.
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