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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 Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

'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 Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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