<blockquote>'..Support for Ukraine should only be sustained if Kiev pushes through reforms, particularly against high level corruption, as its people demand. And, while engagement with the Kremlin is imperative, the West should stress that a true dialogue on crucial international issues can only be possible once Moscow acts on the Minsk peace plan and pulls out of eastern Ukraine.'
- Jean-Marie Guehenno,
What's Next for Russia and Ukraine? (Op-Ed), October 18, 2015</blockquote>
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(Ukraine) - '..now that they have started throwing off their Soviet past..''..Poland has created remarkable growth and prosperity .. Ukraine’s per capita GDP now is only a third of what it is in neighboring Poland..'</blockquote>