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Yanukovych left the country overboard Europe
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Yanukovych left the country overboard Europe
November 29, 2013 Alexander Ryklin
The first day of the Vilnius Summit “Eastern Partnership” did not bring visible results - President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych firmly holds agreements with his Russian partner and flatly refuses to sign an agreement with the European Union. Neither the arguments of the summit participants, nor the numerous protests that take place in Ukraine, have not affected it.
Europe was detaching for negotiations with Yanukovych the mistress of the summit, President of Lithuania Dalya Grybauskaite, Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosa. According to their results, Ms. Grybauskaite was not shy in expressions. “Ukraine repeats the path of Belarus, refusing to modernize in exchange for Russian loans,” said Lithuanian President. And she added: “The EU remains open to countries that are ready to take the path of democratization and economic reforms. But such solutions require courage and political will. If they are not, you are dependent on the so -called "friends" who, using dubious means, try to tie neighbors to themselves. At one time, Lithuania also dealt with pressure from Russia, but did not succumb to it ... ".
Here, of course, you can see that, firstly, pressure pressure is discord. In fact, we do not know exactly what arguments in favor of refusing to sign an agreement on the current summit were brought by Vladimir Putin in an interview with Viktor Yanukovych. It is possible that they were not only a geopolitical, but also a personal character. For example, the prospects of the head of Ukraine in the next presidential election that will take place in this country in 2015 could concern. Secondly, it must be borne in mind that the economic situation of Ukraine today is truly aha. And if it is possible to discuss how effective in Russia is even in the medium term, it is unlikely that one of the experts will argue with the fact that a sharp deterioration in the relations of the two neighboring countries will have the most destructive influence on the Ukrainian economy in the near future. Indeed, in reality, Viktor Yanukovych’s main complaint to the European leaders, which he expressed more than once in one form or another, is formulated very simply: “You, gentlemen, could not create conditions under which I could withstand aggressive harassment of the northern neighbor. You left me alone with Putin. ”
However, in the conflict with all these Evoral Tulging Ukraine there is another most important factor - the Maidan. Apparently, the intensity and, most importantly, the scope and mass protest shares have not yet reached the level that could seriously affect Viktor Yanukovych in terms of making a final decision. True, it cannot be ruled out that the escalation of street protest will occur already at the very end of the outgoing week, when the organizers promise in Kyiv, as the organizers promise, the most massive shares from the time of the 2004 Maidan.