When the prime minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, resigned on Tuesday morning, as his government repealed controversial anti-protest laws, there was hope that an end could at last be in sight to the country’s bitter political feuding. But with parts of Kiev resembling a war zone, and unrest still spreading nationwide, a durable political settlement could still take time.
Last November, when president Viktor Yanukovych pulled out of a deal
with the European Union, citing fears for Ukraine’s trade ties with
Russia, he could hardly have expected the angry mass backlash that
followed. Two months on, if peace finally returns, it may well owe
something to Ukrainian Catholics.
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