'..Ukrainian domestic critics complain of corruption scandals in state agencies that are never resolved and the lack of prosecutions of former regime leaders who remain in Ukraine .. “I’ve taken part in two revolutions,” Mr. Klimov said. “And I’m sure there will be a third one. But this time, it will be much more bloody, because people will have nothing to lose and will trust no one.” '<blockquote>' “The people have paid a high price to change the system,” said Yaroslav Hrynyshyn, a protester wounded in the revolution. “But the system didn’t change, and it’s a crime of today’s rulers.”
The dissatisfaction reveals the deep political divides that still plague Ukraine, a country dealing with the aftershocks from an abrupt regime change, the struggle to find a capable generation of leaders, and economic stagnation. That’s not even taking into account the upheavals brought on by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the stalemated civil war with Russian-backed separatists in the country’s eastern half.
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“Ukraine cannot afford for the people to lose hope again,” Mr. Biden said on Dec. 7. “The only thing worse than having no hope at all is having hopes rise and see them dashed repeatedly on the shoals of corruption.”
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Ukrainian domestic critics complain of corruption scandals in state agencies that are never resolved and the lack of prosecutions of former regime leaders who remain in Ukraine. Several of the Yanukovych government’s top officials were interrogated for abusing their authority, but without results.
“All the corrupt officials took it as a signal that they can proceed with the old ways,” Mr. Hrynyshyn said.
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..even Mr. Stoltenberg pressed Mr. Poroshenko and the government in Kiev to address the issue of corruption.
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“The people who came to power are the people from the old system, who worked with Yanukovych,” Mr. Hrynyshyn said.
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The 2014 revolution erupted because of dissatisfaction with the shortcomings of the Orange Revolution a decade earlier, said Mr. Klimov. The failure of the Euromaidan uprising could mean grave danger for a disillusioned country.
“I’ve taken part in two revolutions,” Mr. Klimov said. “And I’m sure there will be a third one. But this time, it will be much more bloody, because people will have nothing to lose and will trust no one.” '
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Ukraine revolution ousted pro-Russia government, but ‘cancer of corruption’ remains, December 20, 2015</blockquote>
Context Putin admits Russian military presence in Ukraine for first time, December 17, 2015
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'Russia .. has to withdraw from Ukraine to gain relief from Western sanctions..''..Additional losses could be billed for the Russian-supported war in southeast Ukraine..'(Russia) 'GDP .. now $1.2 trillion .. back to the level of 1998 when it was $700bn.''..asking ourselves why the phenomenon of terror occurred..'(Haptopraxeology) - '..We have lost three centuries as a result of ignoring our scholars!''..to rethink and to rebuild a culture where there are open channels between feeling and understanding..'</blockquote>