Ukraine has not experienced a genuine revolution, merely a change of elites by (traduction suite)

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svobodaphoto-55e00 Ukraine has not experienced a genuine revolution, merely a change of elites

The new rulers in Kiev, with links to the right, will never tackle the root cause of corruption in Ukraine: poverty and inequality

Volodymyr Ishchenko

theguardian.com, Friday 28 February 2014 15.32 GMT

Two popular labels are being ascribed to events in Ukraine: it was either a democratic – or even social – revolution, or it was a rightwing – or even neo-Nazi – coup. In fact, both characterisations are wrong. What we have have seen is a mass rebellion, overwhelmingly supported in western and central Ukraine without majority support in the eastern and southern regions, leading to a change of political elites. But there are no prospects for democratic, radical change, at least under the new government.

Why was it neither a social, nor democratic revolution? Some of the demands of the Maidan movement have been implemented. For…

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