One should not have wild expectations for Ukraine this year. Although the country is more than a year away from the March 2019 presidential election, structural reforms won’t be a focus, international donors are getting impatient, and a large amount of debt is coming due.
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A local resident speaks with Alexander Hug (2nd L back), Deputy Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, in Shyrokine village, on April 14, 2015 on the outskirts of the strategic port city of Mariupol.