Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts The Spirit of Reform Lives On in Ukraine — But Not Because of The President

The Spirit of Reform Lives On in Ukraine — But Not Because of The President

The Washington Post

On June 15, Ukraine’s presidential race officially began when former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko straightened her blond locks, donned hipster glasses and outlined a manifesto to revive Ukraine’s economy in a 2 ½-hour-long speech in Kiev.

Three days later, current President Petro Poroshenko launched his own reelection bid with an op-ed in The Post taking credit for just about every major anti-corruption reform since 2014. With Ukraine on the explosive front line of a deepening confrontation between Putin’s Russia and the West, this election, slated for spring 2019, matters.

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