US-Ukraine Observer: "Commentary on Taras Kuzio's Article 'Ukraine Cannot Forever Stay at the Crossroads'"

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the US-Ukraine Observer:

Writing in the US-Ukraine Observer, Michael Markham analyzes Taras Kuzio's recent commentary "Ukraine Cannot Forever Stay at the Crossroads":

"Commentary on Taras Kuzio's Article 'Ukraine Cannot Forever Stay at the Crossroads'"

"The NATO Council's former representative in Ukraine, the popular Canadian and American political commentator Taras Kuzio, offers a rather sharply worded statement in his article. He makes known his view that at this critical moment in its history Ukraine needs American assistance on both a practical and humanitarian level. His basic argument is that Ukraine must be independent of Russia in meeting its energy needs. The article also cites the positive role of Ukraine's President Yanukovich as an 'economic nationalist,' not wishing to surrender economic sovereignty to either Brussels or Moscow."

"Yanukovich is the first Ukrainian leader who has embarked on a course of energy independence of Moscow, thereby providing American transnational companies with a chance to engage in shale-gas extraction in Ukraine.

"Kuzio draws readers' attention to powerful lobbying efforts under way in Washington (an apparent reference to the MOST group), directed principally at the Republican Party, but also at the Democrats. The objective here is that of restoring in the US an assessment of Ukraine as an important geopolitical and strategic partner (as was the case during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.)

"Also noted is the destructive role of the Ukrainian political party SVOBODA, which has blocked efforts by American companies to extract shale gas in the Ivano-Frankovsk region of the country.

"The article quotes remarks by Ukrainian activist Taras Chernovil that Yanukovich is aware of Putin's negative attitude towards him and understands that an association agreement with the EU will require subordination to European rules and standards.

"Kuzio assumes that, even if President Yanukovich were to release Timoshenko, she would not be able to mount a serious challenge to him in the 2015 elections."

US-Ukraine Observer, "Commentary on Taras Kuzio's Article 'Ukraine Cannot Forever Stay at the Crossroads'" http://www.usukraineobserver.com/issue19180.html

Contact: Frank Abernathy, 615-290-5662, [email protected]

SOURCE US-Ukraine Observer

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