... than shake them off at first sight? One sees the strained situation on the streets and one has seen the undeniable violence of Ukraine’s Berkut special forces - who have been called ‘pure sadists’ - earlier on. How is, then, the critical ... ... of police at the hospital in an attempt to arrest the severely injured Mr Bulatov, is at least very suspicious. If President Yanukovych is preparing to act upon Putin’s adviser Sergey Glazev’s advice and crush Euromaidan with force, he is ...
... maintain the status quo, the non-aligned stance as long as financially possible, whilst milking both Moscow and Brussels. A mere couple of days before last week’s summit, when the Brussels officials had already almost believed that this is over and Ukraine is choosing Europe, Mr Yanukovych suddenly, but not surprisingly, announced the suspension of talks with the EU and thus the indefinite postponement of the agreement.
Russia, sceptical to start with, in the summer already saw the agreement as a very real danger, and started ...
The Eastern Partnership programme is stalling, even though on February 25 officials from the EU and Ukraine reaffirmed their joint commitment to sign an Association Agreement in November. President Yanukovych, despite his repeated promises, is reluctant to carry out substantial reforms to Ukraine’s judicial and political systems. The EU, on the other hand, will not give in. The stalemate in Brussels-Kyiv relations could set the latter Moscow-bound – but maintenance of the status quo seems more likely.
Of course, the EU has ...
