Porshenko was pushing forward the nationalization policies, and at the same time, he pushed through the parliament a decision to change ucranian constitution. So in the ukrane is heading towards nato, although it may probably never turn real nato member. That's enirony of the sitiation. And another reason for a recent increase of pronato support is ofcos russian build ups last year,. But whether these factors would stay and whether we would see a stable majority for naton ukrane at the moment, that's a big question.
An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko.
Read Volodymyr's work:
truthout.org/articles/ukrainians-are-far-from-unified-on-nato-let-them-decide-for-themselves/
ponarseurasia.org/how-maidan-revolutions-reproduce-and-intensify-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-political-representation/
lefteast.org/ukraine-in-the-vicious-circle-of-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-hegemony/
lefteast.org/contradictions-post-soviet-ukraine-failure-ukraine-new-left/
Tony Wood on Russia: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood/
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