Ukraina valde Ryssland före EU - stora protester som följd, länkar i inlägg2

Jag har inte hunnit läsa tråden i detalj sedan mitt senaste inlägg, men jag skymtade farhågor om att fascistiska grupper skulle röra sig på gatorna och ställa till problem. Jag har inte sett något som kan likna detta, jag har inte hört något om detta från vänner och bekanta. Skulle detta förekomma är min uppfattning att detta skulle talas om med förskräckelse.

Rysshat som nämns är inget jag upplever som ett karaktärsdrag hos ukrainare, givetvis finns det säkert individer som har ett starkt hat gentemot ryssar men att detta ska vara en drivande kraft bland de protesterande håller jag som osannolikt.

“Recall the phone exchange between the Ukraine ambassador and Victoria Nuland (Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs) that got leaked out, where she basically said ‘we want Yats in there.’ They like him because he’s pro Western,” says Vladimir Signorelli, president of boutique investment research firm Bretton Woods Research LLC in New Jersey. “Yatsenyuk is the the kind of technocrat you want if you want austerity, with the veneer of professionalism,” Signorelli said. “He’s the type of guy who can hobnob with the European elite. A Mario Monti type: unelected and willing to do the IMFs bidding,” he said.

Mario Monti was a centrist Italian technocrat who passed an austerity package that called for increased taxes, pension reform and measures to fight tax evasion.---

Also today, Yatsenyuk promised to implement “very unpopular measures” to stabilize the country’s finances. The government said it needs $35 billion to support the country over the next two years. His language in a news report broadcast by Bloomberg today indicates he is heading toward a potentially destabilizing austerity campaign:

“The treasury is empty. We will do everything not to default. If we get the financial support from the IMF, the U.S., we will do it. I’m going to be the most unpopular prime minister in the history of my country,” he said. “But this is the only solution. I would never promise any kind of huge achievements. First and the most important issue is to stabilize the situation.”

He also said that, “We want Russia to have transparent and fair relations with Ukraine. We want to be partners with Russia…we strongly believe it will never intervene with a military force in Ukraine.”

Under the brewing divide-and-conquer political crisis lies Ukraine’s economic problems. The Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, is down over 16% year-to-date, a record decline against the dollar.

It is unclear the kind of measures Yatsenyuk will tolerate, but it appears austerity is the path forward. That includes a regimen of tax increases, interest rate hikes and further currency devaluation.

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has stated that Turkey attaches great importance to the territorial integrity and stability of Ukraine as the eastern European country faces the risk of separation due to ongoing political turmoil, adding that the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is part of Ukraine.