Every day Ukrainian news more and more disappointing the United States, writes in the Kiev magazine “Novoe Vremya” Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada and the former journalist Serhiy Leshchenko.
“Last week my colleagues and Mustafa Nayem and Svetlana Zalishchuk held dozens of meetings in the USA, – the Deputy told. – The impression is disappointing: Ukraine fatigue has reached its climax, especially after the departure of the pet Washington Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the further spread of corruption and lack of progress in the peaceful settlement in the East.”
According to Leshchenko, Barack Obama “wants to retire, hanging another star on the fuselage is a resolution to the unresolved conflict in the Donbas.”
“At the same time Washington does not hide disappointment with the commitments undertaken by Ukraine in Minsk, leaving America behind the door of the meeting room, says the author. – Kiev in a sense, succumbed to the pressure of Berlin: the office of Angela Merkel feared that the Americans would undermine the exclusive Germany the role of European leader. Trying to take matters into their own hands, States incline Kiev to enact laws from the package of the Minsk agreements under the guarantee that Russian arms will be taken in the ring of the OSCE observers, and then withdrawn from the Ukrainian territory on a special corridor”.
While Leshchenko believes that the argument of Ukraine in the part of Minsk in Washington are still able to hear, but do not find any justification for the failure in the fight against corruption.
“You know, a year ago, I was more reserved. Now I agree that personal sanctions may remedy the situation,”— says one of the most influential Americans another during our closed meetings. Both went to work from the state Department to think tanks” – says the former journalist details his meetings in the United States.
“The pool of Americans interested in Ukraine is rather small: the Atlantic Council, the McCain Institute, Brookings Institute, the Kennan Institute, political foundations of Republicans and Democrats, the national endowment for democracy – continues Leshchenko. Is the kitchen, which prepares policy advice and public opinion is formed. But here the patience has burst: the government in Kiev is deaf not only to their own people, but also to the recommendations of the American advisers. Therefore, the thesis of sanctions against top corrupt officials of the era Poroshenko may soon migrate with an expert in the political agenda”.
“For many months, Ukraine was for the American site, for example, which can prove the theory that the removal from power of the dictator leads to increased prosperity and building a fair society. In the name of Americans have sacrificed their reputation and money. In the end, the news from Kiev disappoint. It’s not too late to change their mind, but the point of no return in relations with America will come sooner than you think on Bank. And to pay for the sins of their leaders will be all country” – sums up Leshchenko.
