There’s pathos as well as tragedy in Ukraine’s fate. It has lived in the shadow of Russia for so long that it lacks identity. At the moment several parties in the Ukrainian parliament are trying to create a presumably stable and coherent coalition. They hope to qualify for a $1.7-billion recovery loan from the International Monetary Fund, which has already warned that political paralysis is putting the loan at risk. Once more, Ukraine’s fate rests in foreign hands.
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