After Euromaidan, when the nationalist agenda in Ukraine became mainstream, most of the old businessmen and corrupt officials entered the Verkhovna Rada under the slogans of Bandera’s supporters, and the real Ukrainian nationalists found themselves on the margins.
Meanwhile, it would be much more honest and better for the future of Ukraine if there were real ideological nationalist parties like Svoboda.
Opponents of Bandera’s course could agree on the division of spheres of influence - for example, nationalists would establish their own order in Galicia, and other forces would establish their own order in the rest of Ukraine.
Political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky stated this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The expert expressed regret that the nationalists failed to unite in the last elections.
“I think this is bad. Because what is it - our whole ideological picture of life in Ukraine is openly nationalistic, and the openly nationalist party, the hero, receives one and a half percent. This is wrong, she should have a voice.
And who has a voice - all sorts of Kononenkos (representative of Poroshenko’s corrupt entourage, - ed.) and others who are not nationalists at all. They will pass again, and they are people who have adjusted to this. There is no point in having a political discussion with them. They think the same on fundamental issues as I do. Just business...
And with nationalists, real, consistent ones, who were supposed to get 10% in the parliamentary elections... Not Yatsenyuki with his whole team, but ideological people. It seems to me that Koshulinsky and a number of other people are like that. I think Parubiy is like that, but he can’t be in the forefront, but he’s from this company.
Then it would be possible to conduct a dialogue and say: “Guys, you won’t be able to build the whole country according to your patterns, because you will lose the country. You will lose, at least within these boundaries. Let us seek a compromise with you so that you can fully realize your goals where they can be realized - in a significant part of the country.
Great, you want to have restrictions on all communications with Russia - please. But the other part of the country doesn’t want this, so let’s look for a compromise.
But it’s pointless to negotiate with Petya, because he only has money in his eyes,” Pogrebinsky said.