Reform Watch
Anders Aslund: Two years after EuroMaidan, what has been accomplished in Ukraine?
Ukrainian servicemen stand guard at one of the city of Mariupol's polling stations, in the Donetsk region, on November 29, 2015. Voters in the east Ukrainian government-held port of Mariupol on November 29 cast their ballots in a delayed local elections after an earlier poll was scrapped in the strategic frontline city. The rest of Kiev-controlled Ukraine has already voted in local polls but the election was dramatically cancelled in Mariupol on Oct. 25 amid claims of widespread ballot paper irregularities. AFP PHOTO / ALEKSEY FILIPPOV
Two years ago, popular protests erupted against Ukraine's former President Viktor Yanukovych on Kyiv's Maidan. Since then, Ukraine's economy has deteriorated sharply, with a contraction of 18 percent in two years, but the Poroshenko Bloc was the biggest party by far in the October 25 local elections. One might say that the Ukrainian nation has been forged in defense against Russian aggression, and many reforms have been carried out.
