Vox Populi with Hasan Siddiqui: What do you think about Viktor Yanukovych’s goal of making Ukraine one of the top 20 most-developed nations?

Vadym Melnyk,
mechanic
“This isn’t realistic because the people, for now, don’t have the mentality
to become a developed European nation, even as a post-Soviet country.”

Kostyantyn Razumnov,
student
“No, that’s just the kind of people we have.”

Tymofiy Havreiliv,
writer
“I think that, if reforms are put into place, then yes. But if they are only yakking about reforms, we won’t see development, either in 20 or in 50 years. What needs to be done is to act fast and effectively put into effect the reforms. For now, it is all rhetoric.”

Yana Holo­vanova,
student
“Ha. Ha. Ha. By that time, I will buy the country.

Borys Malykov,
retiree
“I think it’s quite realistic.”