MOSCOW - For much of its post-Soviet history, the Ukrainian government has been a mud pit of vicious rivalries and sinister back-fighting between presidents and prime ministers, contributing to mismanagement, corruption and even charges of violence. That dysfunction has hobbled the country, leaving it one of the poorest on the European continent and often beholden to the whims of Russia.
Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election
New York Times: After Ukraine vote, a new test – burying a legacy of dysfunctional politics
Members of the Ukrainian Parliament and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk applaud after a vote for a bill establishing an anti-corruption bureau in the country on Oct. 7, 2014 in Kiev .
