Stuck in Corruption: Kiev Government 'Unlikely to Survive This Year'

A lot of Ukrainian citizens understand that the worst for their country is yet to come. The current government which is on the brink of collapse will not be able to reform the country's "rotten system", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote.

It is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to come out from the current crisis. The government is stuck in internal squabbles, while the country is being run by oligarchs, the newspaper reported.

The domestic situation is unlikely to improve and many do not believe that the Kiev authorities will survive the next few months.

According to the newspaper, the Euromaidan protests have not brought the desired results. Former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was blamed for the whole crisis in the country, fled away, but the country was left with its "dirty" system.

The oligarchs continue to gain strength and finance private armies. The unpopular Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is being regularly accused of cooperating with criminal structures and speculators, the article said.

According to FAZ, the principle of peaceful settlement of the conflict lasted only one year, until the country again submerged into a political chaos.  

"Many citizens who were protesting on the Maidan Square and calling for the country's reforms fear that everything may end up in the same way as after the Orange Revolution of 2004 and that the country will be stuck 'in the swamp of the old rotten system'," the newspaper wrote.

The worst is yet to come for Ukraine, and political instability is the last thing the country needs in the current situation. Its economy, which is completely dependent on the external help declined in 2015 by 10 percent, FAZ wrote.

According to the newspaper, the West should increase the pressure on Kiev and force it to intensify its fight against corruption. Otherwise, the money will disappear in the pockets of corrupt officials while the whole country's system will further move to the brink of collapse.