A month after Ukrainian general elections, there is still no new government, and elite power circles are playing a very dangerous game with the country’s most important ministry–energy.
It’s a game from which Ukraine will not recover for decades in the best-case scenario.
The past week has seen a flurry of media activity attempting to prepare Ukrainians for foreigners to take over key ministries, including the all-important Energy Ministry, but in this case it’s not going to happen–there is too much private interest at stake to allow a clean minister to take over.
International financial institutions (IFIs) would surely like to see someone …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
