The Post-Soviet Collapse
October 9, 2012 -
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The post-Soviet world, so painfully built, is now collapsing. Along with its collapse, the fate of Ukraine lies in the balance. President Yanukovych is not a politician suited for his times and will himself soon realise that his authoritarian tendencies are a decade too late … The maths is simple: in about fifteen, or perhaps even as little as eight years time, Ukraine will be a relatively normal country. Only then will it start resembling today’s Poland.
Vitaly Portnikov, a Ukrainian journalist with Radio Svoboda, argues that the collapse of the post-Soviet space is starting to take place.
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