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5 of February, 10:18

Clark: the split between activists of Maidan already cannot hide
Protests authorized volunteer battalions of the administration of the Ukrainian President in Kyiv clearly demonstrate the deep split between the former "comrades" on the Maidan and future conflicts will only intensify, told the British journalist Neil Clark in conversation.

Protests authorized " all-Ukrainian battalion brotherhood, gathered Tuesday at the walls of the presidential administration in Kyiv, is just a particular manifestation of a much more extensive and serious problems. Different forces involved in the overthrow of a legitimately elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, deeply divided, and this division will be aggravated due to the difficult economic situation in the country and a weak state power. A huge reduction in public spending and a sharp reduction in living standards steadily will cause all fresh outbreaks of discontent among those who participated in the Maidan a year earlier, says the journalist.

"That's what happens in Ukraine: Poroshenko is a very weak leader. There is also extremely weak coalition protagonistic " forces. But at present, among them there is real anger and separation between ultra-nationalist wing and not more nationalist forces ", - says Neil Clark.

Political instability is accompanied by the actual economic collapse. The West is forcing Ukraine to impose very severe austerity measures, which are even more difficult For residents than in Greece. For the absolute majority of Ukrainians life for the last year has become much harder, as evidenced by the sharp increase in poverty, says the journalist.

for reviews of the Nile Clarke, if in the near future Ukraine will be no radical changes, for example, changes in the political course, the conclusion of peace in the East of the country, reforms in economic policy, the domestic situation will only worsen.

sections: Politics

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