<blockquote>'..The economy needs a total structural overhaul — and that huge shift needs to be accomplished while either radically transforming, or creating from scratch, effective government institutions.
This is the work Central Europe and the Baltic states did in the 1990s. Their example shows that it can be done, but it takes a long time, requires a patient and united populace, and probably also the promise of European partnership.'
- Chrystia Freeland, (
Source, March 7, 2014)</blockquote>
<blockquote>'Ukraine desperately needed solid reforms, of the kind undertaken by successful post-communist countries such as Estonia and Poland.'
- Edward Lucas (
Source, February 24, 2014)</blockquote>
<blockquote>'..European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the European Union had decided to sign "immediately" the political chapters of an Association Agreement with Ukraine, amid heightened tensions over Russia's involvement in Crimea.'
-
First Ukraine-Russia Talks As EU Floats 'Immediate' Accord, March 8, 2014</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
Ukraine - '..Russian resumption of compliance, including withdrawal of extra troops and return to barracks..'</blockquote>