Ukraine: Two Decades After the Dissolution of the USSR

Approximately ten million Ukrainians live below the poverty line;

more than three million are unemployed;

Approximately 1.5 million are hungry;

Approximately ten million pensioners receive the minimum pension;

around 190 thousand Ukrainians get sick every year from cancer, died 900 per 1500 patients;

700 million people suffer from tuberculosis, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine;

440 million people are infected with the AIDS virus;

150 thousand people are in prison;

about 900 thousand people suffer from chronic alcoholism;

500 thousand drug addicts are officially registered, according to the Ministry of the Interior;

nearly 200 thousand children living on the street;

Approximately one million people have no shelter;

If one adds to this the resurgence of illiteracy and the moral degradation of the youth, the picture becomes very sad.

It is worth noting that those who have led and continue to lead the capitalist market reforms should be held accountable for these calamities. They are the right-wing parties are the liberal politicians. They are now in power. There are differences between them. The capitalists are the same regardless of the mask. Having regard to all of the foregoing, each citizen must ask him/herself the relevant questions and, above all, seek to find logical answers, including the following question: why is it that at some point we voted for the millionaires and will continue to do so in the future?

Translated from the Portuguese version by:

Lisa KAPROVA
PRAVDA.Ru