The revolution in Ukraine, despite expectations, has led the country to the rampant bribery and impoverishment, drew the attention of the head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov in your own microblog on Twitter.

"Revolution of dignity" in Ukraine turned into rampant bribery and ecstasy of impoverishment. And dreams of a visa-free regime with the EU is only the sleep of reason, " wrote Alexei Pushkov.


In the fall of 2013 in Ukraine were initiated numerous protests disagree with the decision of the authorities to stop for a little while preparations for the signing of the Treaty on the Union with the EU, which eventually led to the coup in the country. The new Kiev government has promised to begin without delay the reforms in the country, to initiate the battle against illegal activities of officials and to continue the policy of rapprochement with the EU, in which they discussed the possibility of introducing a visa-free regime between Ukraine and Europe.

The Ukrainian authorities are hopeful that the conclusion of a visa-free regime has the opportunity to be adopted at the upcoming summit in Riga, however, the head of the EU delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski stated before, because this is unlikely.

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