3 May, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
By Boris Kagarlitsky, translated by Renfrey Clarke for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
The preliminary outcome of the revolt in south-eastern Ukraine can be described as an unstable equilibrium. Attempting to crush the Donetsk republic with the help of their armed forces, the Kiev authorities have met with defeat. The army, as expected, has refused steadfastly to wage war on its own people, and the forces of the Right Sector and National Guard have clearly been insufficient to cope even with the militia, not to speak of the mass of protestors.
