From Real Clear World: Ukraine has faced many challenges in the two years since violent protests drove the country’s president from office. The Russian occupation of the Crimean Peninsula in particular sparked a military conflict between pro-Russian secessionists and Ukraine’s government. Correspondent Kira Kay and Producer Jason Maloney from the Bureau for International Reporting take us inside Ukraine to asses the country’s struggle for political change and stability.
WNU Editor: I always find it interesting how the Western media rushes to talk these Ukrainian Democrats .... while ignoring the fact that they were the ones who overthrew a democratically elected President (albeit a corrupt one) two years ago. Or how they ignore the grim reality that many of these same politicians would be voted out in the next election .... their poll numbers are worse than Ukrainian President Poroshenko's .... and his numbers are in the low teens. But what irks me is that this PBS report ignores what many Russian-Ukrainians are feeling right now .... their cultural and language links are to Russia .... but they are feeling alienated and left out as Ukrainian "reformers" and nationalists push their vision of what a future Ukraine will be. This is unfortunate ..... for as long as this bloc of Ukrainians .... mainly in the east .... are continually ignored or sidelined .... the divisions and differences that have divided this country so deeply will never be healed. As for the problems of corruption and economic mismanagement .... after two years I have only seen the situation get worse .... if this is reform .... they can take it.
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