Ukrainian politics: the balance of forces after three years of war. OSW COMMENTARY Number 238 / 28.04.2017
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2017

The political situation in Ukraine is determined primarily by the ongoing war, and the situation of stalemate at the front is raising the level of public impatience. President Petro Poroshenko has consolidated the overwhelming majority of power in his hands, but he is not using it to fulfil his election promises; rather he is focused on strengthening his position. The significant weakening of the People’s Front, the coalition partner of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, as well as the majority of oppos