The West would rather give Ukraine a possibility to fail than go on dialogues With Russia, says expert on Russia And Eastern Europe Professor Stefan Hedlund in the Swedish newspaper. From the position of Professor, the pressure on the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, despite all his attempts to restore order in their own country, increases. And it is becoming increasingly Clear that his "friends" in the West is not ready to offer Ukraine any meaningful assistance. instead of providing assistance to Ukraine, Western countries have focused on the punishment of punishment of Russia And the accusations against the President of the Russian Federation, Hedlund writes next. in political debate And brought the glasses to the West, But Ukraine no no. And attempt to label Putin in the end only "intensify the pain" of the country, killing all the way to compromise And reconciliation, says Hedlund. The Professor recalled that Ukraine's GDP in the 1st quarter of 2015 decreased by 17, 6% compared With last year, the volume of industrial production in may 2015 was 20% lower than in may 2014, While the inflation rate is 60%. The country is de facto bankrupt, And the risk of a new popular uprising, " Maidana-2 increases, I'm sure the Professor. The West in response to this development has decided to toughen penalties against Russia. From the position Hedlund, Is " extremely cynical game ", "historic verdict" the results of which will be hard. in the future, a key role is played by two factors, the Creator continues. One of them is that military action in the Donbass must be stopped. The second factor is the need to come to a consensus With the creditors on debt relief. Both of these factors are closely linked - for example, "the most pernicious consequence of the hostilities in the Donbas is "complete uncertainty" in terms of the future of Ukraine. With the constant Danger of conflict escalation discourages investors, because of what the country is threatened with ruin. Hedlund recalls And negotiations With creditors: if they will not be crowned with success, that, according to his statement, quite Possibly, the international monetary Fund will be in a difficult situation And may be forced to defer payment of the promised credits. Swedish Professor believes that military And economic factors are closely linked With Russia. Thus, in his view, Russia could exercise more flexibility in the dialogue With Ukraine. But should Russia be so helpful? This is a great question, the expert said.