Alexander J. Motyl: Ukrainian identity after the EuroMaidan
A man calms down a woman who is grieving over her killed son near Nebesna Sotnya memorial on Instytutska street in Kyiv two years after EuroMaidan on Feb. 19.
The following is an interview with the Ukrainian intellectual, analyst, and critic, Mykola Riabchuk.
MOTYL: You’ve stated that independent Ukraine has never had a government as good as the one it has today. As you know, most Ukrainians think of their president and prime minister as corrupt and untruthful. Who’s right?
RIABCHUK: I meant only that a bad government is better than very, very bad governments, which is what we’ve had up to now. The incumbents deserve a minimal pass, whereas all their predecessors deserved Fs. Most countries can live with bad governments, but not Ukraine, especially given the war and the institutional ruin created by past governments.
