The power struggle in Ukraine

In an interview with Julia Damianova, Ukrainian political expert Vladimir Nikitin describes the situation in his country as "basically calm. There are some demonstrators, but they're what you could call professional demonstrators. They're in central Kiev; everywhere else there is absolute calm. People are discussing things, that's all... Both sides, the president as well as the government, are constantly violating the law. This is the main problem - the judicial reforms have not yet been carried out, the court authorities don't function properly and the people are not yet convinced that they must abide by the law... We were promised democracy, but instead the government is busy redistributing property and power."

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