In Ukraine it is time to call a spade a spade. The reform process set in motion after the 2014 Maidan revolution is stagnating. The political leaders nominally committed to reforms are instead preparing for presidential and legislative elections scheduled for 2019. The anti-reformist “deep state” is regaining influence. Ukrainian society has lost faith that the present crop of politicians will deliver the modern, European-style state it was promised. The public mood is souring.
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Tony Barber: Too much is at stake to give up on Ukraine
Protesters attend in a rally to support reforms in Ukraine outside of parliament on Oct. 18 in Kyiv.
