Oleg Ustenko,
Executive Director of The Bleyzer Foundation
“Investors were talking about corruption and administrative barriers for doing business. Now they will see there are political risks. Political risks will top the list. Now the country is going to be watched more carefully.”
Dimitri Podoliev,
Chariman of Seed Forum Ukraine
“In the short term it could have some negative macro-economic consequences. But I think both international and national players understand that in the long term it does not make much difference. To be honest, our partners are not very concerned.”
Wojciech Bajda,
Ericsson, KAM Eastern Europe Country Manager Ukraine
“So far we haven’t seen any impact on business. We are going to wait and observe the situation. We continue to cooperate and to support our customers, which are mainly mobile operators.”
Igor Sevastyanov,
Senior Counselor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation
“When we see the protests, we want to ask leaders who are demanding the government to resign how deeply they understand the reasons why (Mykola) Azarov’s government delayed the signing of the association agreement (with the EU). Is the opposition ready to take the responsibility for the crisis that could come after the association agreement will be signed?”
Andrey Kolodyuk,
Managing Partner at AVentures Capital
“From the point of view of the venture business, these events pushed some investors to press the ‘hold’ button. Everyone wants to understand what kind of result we will have. But from the point of view of IT business, we do not strongly depend on the situation in the country. Ukrainian companies are focused more on world markets.”
