No, this is not how it is. This is your anecdotal account. And my anecdotal account widely differs from yours. For example, my fiance is from Ukraine (Odessa and then Kiev) and her family still lives there now. She talks to them every morning. And all of them are singing the opposite tune - that the government is self evidently corrupt, that the president needs to go or there won't be a resolution, and that the EU with US assistance needs to seriously step up their game if they want government actors in Ukraine to stop suckling at the tit of Russia. They are also at the moment shocked that Yanukovych would sign an agreement that would release his arch-rival Tymoshenko, who will most likely re-enter politics. They think he's biding his time again -- just like he did in January and early February. So, no, that is not how it is. And I'm not saying my account is the definitive account, either. But broad statements of opinion masquerading as fact are not really conducive. Obviously we will have to wait and see how the impeachment proceedings play out, but I find it very curious that Yanukovych would up and decide to release the former PM. And talking to my fiance and her family, they aren't exactly thrilled with her either. Like most Ukrainians I imagine, they are up to their breaking point with the amount of corruption that takes place -- she told me that for children to even receive grades for middle school usually a bribe is necessary -- and they don't believe swapping out one terrible president for a former jailed PM will help matters.
