On June 2nd the government announced a programme of economic reforms which Mr Yanukovich says will turn Ukraine into one of the world’s 20 most developed countries in ten years. They include gas-price rises and an overhaul of the pension system. The main question is whether Mr Yanukovich can find the will to carry through reforms that could make him unpopular.
More at The Economist on the first hundred days of the Yanukovych presidency. As the article notes, his biggest challenge is the economy, but his goal of transforming Ukraine into one of top developed countries sounds far-fetched.
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