Ukraine Politics

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This paper provides an overview of the history of the Ukraine for the past 15 years. The paper points out that this history helps understand the current political situation in Ukraine and the hurdles it faces before fully integrating into NATO and the EU.

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"Communist experience of Ukraine was the main break factor which prevented country from integration to Europe, free equal trade with western and eastern partners, military reform and other essential reforms of civil state. Pro-Russian parliamentarians, who were former members of the Communist party continued to be loyal to Russia and Russian domination in Eastern Europe, so they did their best in order to keep "warm relations with big brother" and did what Kremlin wanted them to do. For a decade Ukrainian politicians were lost what side to support: Russia's or the side of Europe. As a result of such corruptive and selfish political management Ukraine became backward country with ruined heavy industry and collapsing agricultural sector. Inflation reached unbelievable rate (100 000 % if compared to 1991) and average salary in the year of 2004 was approximately 100$ . But the problems of the country were not limited only to economical problems."

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