The political crisis in Ukraine could turn intothe current government's international isolation. Yesterday MEPs adopted a resolution spellingout the possibility of depriving Kiev of the right to vote in the next PACEsession in April.
Simultaneously, media quoted the ForeignMinister of Poland, which is considered the main conductor of the "Eastern Partnership" program, saying that Ukraine's signing of the agreement on association with the EU createsthe conditions for Beijing to invest in the Ukrainian economy.
A possible answer to the question from a Soviet movie, if we address it to China:"Why do you want it? Why would it make you happy?" may not soundlike it did in the movie ("One doesn't live for happiness but for conscience"),it will be much more pragmatic. China is ready to invest in theUkrainian agricultural sector if the association agreement issigned, explaining this requirement is due to their desire to betterprotect their investment.Meanwhile, what is happening in Ukraine does not give reason to hope for aspeedy resolution of the political crisis. Answering the question of"Vestnik Kavkaza" on how the resignation of the government of Ukraineaffected the Evromaidan's mood, deputy chairman of the Council of theAssembly of Peoples of Russia, Sergey Kandybovich, said: "Everyone is holding their breath waiting for some important politicaldecisions, including the question of who will replace them.A lot will depend on the figure of the new prime minister, but not everything. Because the processes that we see today in Ukraine, not only at the Euromaidan, show that the regions are out of thecontrol of the government. What we see is that the political oppositiondoes not control or manage the so-called street opposition.At the same time, Mr Kandybovich says, "Real life inUkraine is not only around the Euromaidan. Its 50 million inhabitants live - they may not be very rich, but they go towork, study, and many of them don't share the opinion ofthe Euromaidan protesters. Fundamentally, what the opposition wants is not a change of government - they want to changethe top authorities in the person of the President of Ukraine.And this will be the figure that will be at the center of actions now. I think that in one and a half to twoweeks the situation should become more forecastable."What is happening now in Ukraine, in 2014, reminds Mr Kandybovich vaguelyof the events that happened in 1990 in the Soviet Union: "This stickyfear of people about the future, the fate of the Soviet Union, thedisintegration. In the regions, primarily in Western Ukraine, they are allrebelling against the current power of President Yanukovych. Becauseof the way the legal power is formed, the very serious issuewhen businesses are just taken from people.
Ukraine, more than ever, is economically weak. (At the end of 2013, GDPdidn't increase at all, - VK's note). The last 10 years have led to thecollapse of the economy, and this redistribution ofproperty, and these political things."Mr Kandybovich also recalled, "When we, Russian, Soviet officers,communists, were wiped out of Ukraine, there was the slogan:"Chasing the Communists and the Muscovites from Ukraine!" This was fueledby the statement "We will finally stop feeding Russia." There was a stereotypethat Ukraine, the breadbasket of the whole Soviet Union, had beenfeeding Russia and the whole of Asia, and now finally it would live well.So now it lives so well that it cannot even pay a small price for gas. Therefore,the problems will stay, I think, until the power in Ukraine is stabilized.Mr Kandybovich is sure that the instability in Ukraine is a concern forMoscow: "We hope that Ukraine will become a normal state, despite the factthat for the last 10 years it has been torn apart by differentcontradictions, especially shortly before elections or after them. So itmust be gotten over with as soon as possible, it's time for stability andnormal life. I think that this is the main thing that the citizens of Ukrainewant. I'm not talking about groups of oligarchs, not ahandful of nationalist cruds. I'm talking about those who really wantto live, love, work and go to work every day without worries."
