Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
Western media on the situation in Kiev: Ukraine heading into a political abyss
Yesterday, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko urged the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign, but Parliament failed to muster enough votes to pass the resolution, which would entail the resignation of the government. The world press saw serious risks for Ukraine and its supporters in the West, RIA Novosti reported.
"If the internal crisis continues, the patrons of the Ukraine will be given a new headache. The IMF has already warned that a loan of $40 billion can be called into question", — wrote The Guardian.
"As if problems in the country are not enough: now Ukraine faces a war between reformers and oligarchs," writes Süddeutsche Zeitung.
"The conflict between the President and Prime Minister is not resolved, the crisis is deepening", says Die Welt. If the coalition in Parliament breaks up and Ukraine holds new elections, it will be a new shock for the country, despite the fact that Poroshenko's rating is also low. "More and more Ukrainians believe that the promises from the "Maidan" have not been implemented and the will to combat corruption is not enough. Criticism is being dealt by the West," the article says.
"Permutations in an inefficient government is no guarantee of stability", — stressed Die Welt.
In turn, the American political analyst Adrian Karatnycky, in an article for Politico, claims that Ukraine is facing the "political abyss". According to him, the country's ruling elite is "doing what they do best: behaving irresponsibly".
The Pressure From The West
The failure of the resignation of the government of Ukraine, the analyst, with reference to their sources, wrote that the decision was taken under pressure from the West. As was noted by Karatnycky, the United States and Europe has made Kiev understand that the government's resignation and new elections are unacceptable.
"Western leaders are also worried that the period of political uncertainty will undermine support for sanctions against Russia," the article says. "Why does our economy have to make sacrifices for the sake of Ukraine, whose leaders are not willing to make economic sacrifices?" — the expert said, quoted by the Brussels Observer.
As a reminder, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, in an interview with RT commented on the situation surrounding the possible resignation of Yatsenyuk. According to him, the head of Ukrainian government will leave office only if it is wanted in Washington, but in this case the U.S. put Yatsenyuk in place as a convenient figure.
"Well, there was one puppet, who will come to be replaced by the same. One ditch was dug, and now a fence is to build. I don't see that this gang of people understand what needs to be done in Ukraine and are ready to defend it at all levels, using their influence. Well, even if Saakashvili and Abromavičius will be appointed, this wouldn't change anything," said the ex-Premier.
Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ from RT Russia
First, put in a Puppet (Yatsenyuk) who proceeds to alienate Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, with their predominately Russian population. He accomplished this by outlawing the Russian language and Ukrainian/Russian language spoken in the East. The response of the alienated provinces is to secede from Kiev. Enemy successfully created.
Second, a bloody Revolution is created by inserting Fascist agitators. Atrocities are blamed on the rebels in the East and Russia.
Third, another Puppet is erected in Poroshenko, who marches them off to a quick, 6 week war.
It goes badly, as Russians are fearless, scrappy fighters who don't know the meaning of the word quit.
Deep in debt, inefficiency, corruption and failure, Kiev starts reeling.
The people want the perps brought low, and demand new elections.
Poroshenko stoops to hiring the madman of Georgia, who failed earlier, and the people know he's a loser.
The West's big plan to isolate Russia with sanctions and slice away more pieces of the former USSR are going down in flames.
Their response: kick the can down the road.