Eastern Ukraine has a lot of the jobs, mainly thanks to a coal industry with strong trade ties in Russia. It’s the westerners who are out protesting because there are not jobs in the west.
Do they live like kings? Do they live like Americans? No. It’s dirty and dangerous work, but to say Ukraine is suffering like some kind of Third World country with a famine is just ridiculous. These people have low standards of living, and are used to low standards of living, in fact, they’re used to a hell of as lot lower standards than they have right now.
Here’s an excerpt from the Yahoo article.
— Galaburda said the town had seen even worse times after the 2004 Orange Revolution protests that led to a pro-Western government in Kiev.
“We are afraid that it could get worse,” he said. “Under the Orange government, we weren’t seeing any pay at all. Now life seems slowly to be getting better.” —
These people do not want the government to sacrifice their trade ties with Russia for westernern Ukrainians who likely are just looking for any way to leave the country for good and follow the Poles and Romanians to Britain.
These protests are being led by the western half of Ukraine who have been out of work for a long time. The easterners are largely for staying the course. If this wasn’t the case, they’d be out there demanding the government step down as well, but they’re not. Because they have jobs to go to and families to feed. They’re not students, they’re workers.
Look at this article for crying out loud!
http://www.firstpost.com/world/ukrainian-students-join-eu-rallies-smart-phones-in-hand-1254205.html
Smart phones?! The east probably suffers more than the west does. I bet nobody in the east has a damn smart phone.
” but to say Ukraine is suffering like some kind of Third World country with a famine is just ridiculous.”
“but to say Ukraine is suffering like some kind of Third World country with a famine is just ridiculous”
“These people have low standards of living, and are used to low standards of living,”
Do you understand the difference between famine and poor nutrition because of poverty? Your telling Ukrainians who are the third poorest country in Europe (after Moldava & Kosovo) to not want a better future for themselves and their children.
POLLS IN EASTERN UKRAINE(more Russian areas) SHOW MAJORITY WANT EU.