Rich groom and old rake for Ukraine
In the case of Ukraine, several other difficulties are added, connected with the so-called multi-vector policy, which is followed by the Ukrainian authorities. What is this, God forgive me, multi-vector nature, readers are well aware: for a long time the Ukrainian leadership has been trying to catch its fish in the muddy water of splashing before the European Union and at the same time promises to Russia to consider integration proposals. Integration in both directions is of course beautiful, global and impressive. But only in modern realities with the ardent “friendship” that the East and the West profess (including the Ukrainian ones), such integration looks rather utopian.
The bidirectional desire expressed by the Ukrainian authorities to integrate is of course not entirely bargaining with interests, which under the conditions of victorious capitalism is not customary to criticize, but something similar to such bargaining. And therefore, in any case (if there are at least three parties to the trade), one of the parties will (at least, it will have such feelings) in a certain minus. A love triangle, and only ... I would like to hope, without an obtuse angle ...
In the meantime, such a very tangibly formed triangle is in the Ukrainian economy and politics, the Ukrainian economy itself, unfortunately, decided to go for another anti-record. It is connected with the fact that in about a year and a half, the country's foreign exchange reserves fell by more than a quarter. If at the beginning of 2012, these reserves amounted to 32 billion dollars, then according to the latest reports of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, gold and currency in the Ukrainian granaries amount to 23 billion "green". Such a rapid decline in foreign exchange reserves suggests that the authorities have to rummage in store to patch the resulting financial holes. With outright stagnation in the Ukrainian economy, it will not be easy to remove one's hand from gold exchange zashnik, but it is far from being bottomless.
Ukrainian economists, who are also divided into two opposing camps (some are in favor of integration with the EU, others see Ukraine exclusively in the Customs Union with the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus), cite two main reasons for such a rapid fall in gold and foreign exchange reserves. The first say that Moscow is to blame for everything, at one time mercilessly raising gas prices for Ukrainian consumers, the second argue that the reason is “humanitarian aid” from the European Union, which was presented in the form of credits with impressive percentages. Incidentally, there are those in Ukraine who believe that Ukraine does not need to integrate with anyone either in the East or in the West, because Russia and the European Union are united in their final goal - to razderbanit Ukraine ... They say that Moscow and Brussels agreed economically trample down the “independence”, and therefore some are “gassed” by gas, others are “stripped” on loans. Such maxims are very much to the liking of a certain number of Ukrainian citizens, who believe that a purely external enemy is guilty of all turmoil, hindering the conduct of a "balanced" economic policy ...
In the meantime, the Ukrainian authorities are trying to decide what to choose: an association with the possibility of further rapprochement with the European Union, integration into the CU, or both, major experts in the field of “divide and rule” technology decided to intervene - good people from the United States States of America. The intervention is played purely on the sick points of the Ukrainian economic policy. The man who said that the United States was ready to help the Ukrainians overcome the economic difficulties that had arisen was the new American ambassador Jeffrey Payette.
Mr. Payette outlined his concern about Ukraine’s dependence on foreign energy supplies and promised that the American “partners” would certainly help Kiev and all Ukrainian citizens to realize aspirations of energy independence without exception. To this end, the ambassador urges Kiev to pay attention to the interest in developing shale gas in the country such companies as Chevron and Exxon Mobile. This will supposedly help to reduce the dependence on gas supplies from abroad (from which, we guessed it ...)
They want to bring the best American technology, know-how and American money to the Ukrainian energy sector. This will be very good for Ukrainians and will help Ukraine achieve its energy independence goal - Mr. Payette said with enthusiasm and a clear desire to leave an indelible impression of himself and American interest in developing Eastern European “democracy”.
Well, but for the Ukrainian authorities, whom Russia scared by an unexpected ban on the import of certain food products, and the European Union by saying that Ukraine may not be associated with it because of the prison term for former Prime Minister Tymoshenko, Payette’s proposal may turn out to be very even attractive. If Kiev can not figure out with whom he is on the way from among his closest neighbors, then it's time to pay attention to the overseas "groom" ... "Groom" and he himself is in debt by the very thing, but in his lexicon there is a set of words (democracy and American money, for example), which forces the national self-consciousness of rushing from the side to side of the Ukrainian political elites.
And while the Ukrainian Communists are trying to organize a collection of signatures in support of a possible referendum on Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union, while Viktor Yanukovych continues to be tormented by doubts, while Moscow is forming new projectiles for the Ukrainian president to dispel his doubts, the United States is on its beaten path. Approximately the following way: remind Ukraine of the energy “slavery”, which will certainly endanger the entire Ukrainian nation, promise golden mountains and shale “rivers”, wait for the response of the Ukrainian authorities. And then - on the thumb: with the help of loans from large American businesses, to temporarily launch the Ukrainian gas production sector, which itself will be operated by the same business representatives, which loans issued. In the end, Chevron and Exxon Mobile are able to feed at the expense of the Ukrainian budget and Ukrainian resources, while also having interest payments on loans provided to Kiev. Ukraine's foreign exchange reserves will continue to thaw ...
The "groom" will buy a new "suit" and make a pen, the "bride" will tan by the window, remembering that she’s stepping on an old rake ...
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