Anders Aslund: The economics of Ukraine’s political crisis
Ukrainian members of parliament attend a session at the Verkhovna Rada on March 29.
Ukraine’s current political crisis is easy to understand. It was unleashed by an offensive by the Poroshenko Bloc to get greater control over the government. It started on February 3, when Economy Minister Aivaras Abramovicius resigned in protest against Ihor Kononenko, the gray cardinal of the Poroshenko Bloc, and it was aggravated by the failed vote of no confidence in the Yatsenyuk government on February 16.
