A The Who song comes to mind? #Ukraine is and will be ruled by an oligarchy, but hopefully a bit better now @traynorbrussels
— Bojan Pancevski (@bopanc) 25 mei 2014
Today, Ukraine elected a billionaire product of its corruption system to replace another billionaire of same system. Massive change indeed.
— Bryan MacDonald (@27KHV) 25 mei 2014
I too votd Chocolate.'Life=box of chocolates.U never know what u're gonna get.'Let's hold him in check #UkraineVotes pic.twitter.com/9msyD1GuAk
— Ukrainian Updates (@Ukroblogger) 25 mei 2014
Great to see #Ukraine hold fair elections. But Poroshenko's win is nail in the coffin of social-economic demands from 1st days of Euromaidan
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) 25 mei 2014
#Poroshenko victory is undoubtedly positive step for #Ukraine. But let's not forget that #Donbass remains an intractable problem… [1/4]
— Noah Sneider (@NoahSneider) 25 mei 2014
Not sure who #Poroshenko plans to meet w/ in #Donetsk. DPR leadership clearly not interested in negotiations w/ any Kiev gov't… [2/4]
— Noah Sneider (@NoahSneider) 25 mei 2014
hard to separate those w/ weapons from 'killers' & those who've seen friends/relatives killed by Ukr forces will not lay down quietly… [3/4]
— Noah Sneider (@NoahSneider) 25 mei 2014
Phrase heard most often from locals while roaming #Donbass today was "point of no return". as in, it has been crossed… #UkraineVotes [4/4]
— Noah Sneider (@NoahSneider) 25 mei 2014
Putin & Yanukovych have done an amazing job at uniting Ukrainians.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) 25 mei 2014
@djp3tros Best battle is won today without a gunshot!
— DutchDakota (@DutchDakota) 25 mei 2014
My judgement?First of all: congratulations to Ukraine for having a pretty fair election in very difficult circumstances.
The biggest problem of Ukraine is corruption from top to bottom. Nobody cares about nothing when only money counts.
When an Oligarch is going to run the country, how is he NOT going to take care of his own interests? When the president does, everybody else will do the same. If you want to change a country, people have to change. Hearts have to change. And than the system has to change too.
Yes, ending the war is the first goal. It remains to be seen how successful Poroshenko is going to be in this, with the fresh arrival of the hardcore, brutal killers of the Vostok battalion.
But above all, the battle to be won is that of the corruption of peoples heart and minds...
Yes, Poroshenko is an oligarch. But he was on Maydan during the quite hard moments. I remember him settling down the crowd when Berkut troops were captured, which prevented life losses. At least all Ukraine knows where the most of his money came from. From all other candidates, i think, this one was the best. I don't mean he's good, but better than others.
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