Macroeconomics
October 13, 2011
We maintain our view that the escalation of the Tymoshenko situation is a reflection of the highly diverse players and objectives within Ukraine generally and Yanukovych’s Party of Regions specifically. Tymoshenko has positioned herself as a focal point for several economic and political issues, effectively raising the stakes for an administration being pulled in multiple directions, and forcing Yanukovych to take an active personal role in the resolution of what has quickly become a public relations failure.
