Now that Ukraine’s electoral battles are over and the conflict in the country’s eastern regions is frozen, one of three scenarios could unfold: Quick and painful economic and regulatory surgery, a slide into Russia’s suffocating embrace — or chaos, as gangs of former volunteer fighters from the eastern war go on the rampage.
The window of opportunity for Ukraine to seize the first — and best — option is rapidly closing, but politicians squabbling over portfolios and bureaucrats who perpetuate the old corrupt system seem oblivious to the urgency. To a handful of outsiders who are pushing for rapid change, failure …read more
Source: iPolitics
