Ukraine’s Western-backed government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, staving off the immediate prospect of a snap election in a country fighting a deep recession and a pro-Russian separatist insurgency.
The vote took place just hours after President Petro Poroshenko publicly urged the prime minister to resign, a move that underscored the level of political infighting that has derailed efforts to implement lasting reforms.
Ukraine’s international backers have invested much money and political capital backing the government in its stand-off with Moscow after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 following the overthrow of Kiev’s pro-Russian president by protesters.
But the former Soviet republic’s …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
