Mark Adomanis: On all of the important questions Ukraine is still extremely divided
You sometimes hear that the Russians, through their annexation of Crimea and their barely-concealed attempts to destabilize the Donbas, have succeeded in uniting a formerly divided Ukraine. Writing at The New Republic, Maria Snegovaya, whom I don’t always agree with but greatly respect, made this case quite explicitly, stating that the Kremlin’s recent aggression in Ukraine had “united the country in its opposition to Putin and his worldview.” Many other pundits have written similar analyses and have argued that while Ukraine might have been divided in the past there is now broad agreement on what needs to happen: the country needs to reform its economy, distance itself from Russia, and integrate with the European Union.