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Adrian Karatnycky: Ukraine’s Russia deal not such a big victory for Putin
Passions are flaring today – in the streets of Kyiv, and in government buildings across the European Union and in Washington – over yesterday’s announcement of Russian financial support for Ukraine. EU officials are issuing warnings that the deal is shortsighted and will retard Ukraine’s modernization.
Ukrainian opposition politicians and leaders of its mass protest movement voice alarm over a sellout of Ukraine to Russia, a wholesale Russian takeover of Ukraine’s economy and the loss of Ukrainian sovereignty.
While all the contours of Ukraine’s deal with Russia are not known to us, amid today’s sturm und drang, it is worth separating the wheat from the chaff.