Alexey Dyachenko,
security guard
“To be honest, I think that first we need to become a European country ourselves, and then enter EU. Now our quality of life and people’s mentality are far from the European level. I think we are not ready for EU.”
Viktor Lymar,
student
“As I see it, the political situation in Ukraine is worsening. Many things seem obscure for common people. It’s really hard to understand what the direction is now.”
Olga Luschyk,
teacher
“I don’t think that it will really influence Ukraine’s future. They will change their mind and arrange that meeting later. I’m not sure our government has any strategy. It’s more like they are just going with the flow. To me, the EU seems like a good direction to move to.”
Galina Ivakhnyuk
“Estrangement from Europe is good for our economics, I suppose. That’s because Ukraine has very few spheres in which it can compete with European countries – like metallurgy and pipes production. Our food industry and agriculture are poor, they won’t attract Europeans. But in all other ways apart from economical this situation is bad for Ukraine. I don’t think that Yanukovych will be ‘sitting on two chairs.’ I believe that Ukraine’s vector to be east from now. Even though I, a Russian native, would prefer Europe.”
Natalya Makhankova,
student
“I think that Tymoshenko is actually the only leader that can bring Ukraine to the EU. Yanukovych is clearly focused on Russia. I think that we need a change of government. Until then, we won’t have any EU prospects at all.”
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