By Vladimir V. Sytin
The Ukrainian Times
According to parliamentary opposition leader Yuri Boiko, impoverishment of the population and social plundering of pensioners continue in Ukraine while unemployment is going through the roof. A fall in Ukraine’s GDP accounted for 15% in the first quarter, inflation made up 38% and prices of utilities increased sevenfold.
As Mr. Boiko put it, the puppet government of Ukraine has become a mere appendage to the International Monetary Fund. He thinks the IMF shock therapy mafia is destroying the real sector of the economy, small and mid-sized businesses. Meanwhile, negative news is coming in like drone attacks and the neo-Nazi junta in Kiev shifts all its failures to a civil war in the Russian-speaking Donbas region, whereas the Ukro-fascist coalition ignores Minsk peace accords.
As a matter of fact, many observers maintain that with the conclusion of the February 12 Minsk-II Peace Accord, Russian President Vladimir Putin enhanced his international position, especially against the United States, and was granted by France and Germany an implied endorsement to influence Ukraine’s internal affairs. In other words, Paris and Berlin agree that Ukraine should lie within Moscow’s sphere of influence.
And it is worth recalling that the U.S. and West European attempts to brazenly interfere in the internal affairs of Ukraine have been a failure. The ‘Euromaidan’ overthrow of democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovich (also known as the CIA-perpetrated fascist coup) provided the context for the recent reunification of Crimea with Russia and de facto departure of the Donbas region.
Alas, the drama continues.
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