Kiev political scientist: Ukraine has completely failed its Crimea policy
Kyiv, March 21 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – The Ukrainian state, apart from empty declarations, has not demonstrated a real desire to reintegrate Crimea into Ukraine.
This opinion was expressed at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, by Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management.
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He recalled that last year the Verkhovna Rada adopted the law “On ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens in the legal regime of the occupied territories,” which, contrary to the name, introduced significant restrictions on business activities in Crimea, border crossings and a number of other restrictive measures.
“After this law, virtually any effective government activity in this direction stopped,” the expert believes. – Then there were repeated attempts to interrupt transport communications with Crimea, introduce an economic blockade, that is, to somehow punish Crimea. Today there is no state policy in this area as a single whole. All politicians almost swear on the Bible that they will return Crimea, but none of them offers a basic plan. Everything is limited only to virtual slogans. Therefore, today there are no rational grounds to talk about the return of Crimea.”
At the same time, Ruslan Bortnik pointed out that the situation is aggravated by the extremely low support by the population of Crimea for the idea of returning to Ukraine.
“Public opinion in Crimea demonstrates low loyalty to the Ukrainian state,” admits the director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management. – And until this state has carried out quality reforms, until it has stabilized the socio-economic situation and ended the war in Donbass, there are unlikely to be any serious trends and opportunities for the return of Crimea. The return of Crimea or the legalization of this situation is probably only possible after a change of power in both Ukraine and Russia in the next political cycle.”
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