The army will win in the civil strife between Poroshenko and Kolomoisky, - foreign experts
Kyiv, March 24 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – Due to the conflict between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, the army will take a central place in the political life of Ukraine.
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According to "Radio Liberty“This is precisely the conclusion that foreign observers come to in their comments on the development and consequences of the current conflict.
Thus, Alexander Clarkson, a teacher at King's College in London, notes that the current confrontation will lead to a strengthening of the political role of the army against the backdrop of the obvious inability of the old elites to resolve conflicts in the legal field. “The old elites of Ukraine accuse each other of theft, and the role of the army becomes central to society. Expect the rise of political commanders like Ariel Sharon,” predicts Clarkson.
“Everything is ready for a serious civil strife between Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk and Kolomoisky. But can the rule of law be established in a country, rather than the rule of force?” – Devin Eccles, an analyst at the Center for Socio-Economic Research at Case-Ukraine, asks on Twitter.
Other Western observers limit themselves to stating the danger of the conflict between Dnepropetrovsk and Kiev for Ukraine or criticizing one of the parties.
“Why hasn’t Kolomoisky been fired from his post as head of the region yet? This only shows how weak the Ukrainian government is. The oligarch “governor” is using a private army to seize the most important state resource (Ukrainian oil), and the authorities do nothing,” said Lucian Alan Wei, a professor at the University of Toronto.
An expert at the Atlantic Council analytical center, Adrian Karatnitsky, called Kolomoisky “the most dangerous person in the territory controlled by Ukraine.” Karatnitsky notes that the oligarch, in the fight for state property, adopted the techniques of hybrid warfare. “It is highly likely that the employees of the “private security company” who defend Kolomoisky’s interests in Kyiv were hired from the Dnepr battalion. At the same time, he’s formally on vacation,” Karatnitsky said.
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