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'I am a Ukrainian patriot, and I consider appeals to the EU to introduce sanctions as absurd' (Photo: Ratcliff, Trey)

Anti-Yanukovych 'fantasies' aim to harm reform

The recent comment published by EUobserver - "After Belarus sanctions, what about Ukraine?" - penned by little known journalist Anatoliy Martsynovski, of the even lesser known newspaper Hazeta po-Ukrains'ky, could easily be ignored if it was not part of a wider trend by people from the bloc of [former PM] Yulia Tymoshenko to delegitimise the new administration.

The article presents an apocalyptic picture of today's Ukraine, urging the EU ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

'I am a Ukrainian patriot, and I consider appeals to the EU to introduce sanctions as absurd' (Photo: Ratcliff, Trey)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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