William Taylor, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, refused to give money to Ukraine to repair the nation’s gas supply system. At the gala dinner arranged on the occasion of laying the foundation for the new American embassy, Taylor stressed out his disappointment with the “orange policy” during the recent years. It is understood that America is not going to “feed” Ukraine any longer. Ukrainian politicians will have to search for a new foreign sponsor.
On May 21 the foundation was laid for the new American embassy in Kiev. The ceremony was attended by US Ambassador William Taylor who would soon be leaving Kiev. The dinner was arranged in the presence of many prominent Ukrainian politicians.
It seemed to be a common event. But Mr. Taylor is not just a diplomat. He has a serious influence on the Ukrainian policy. According to media sources it was exactly at that dinner that rumors were confirmed about the negotiations between Viktor Yanukovich and Yulia Tymoshenko on building up a coalition versus President Yushchenko.
A propos, for a number of years such “dinners” were used by Ukrainian politicians to outline their treatment of the situation. Not a single important issue which was important for Ukraine was resolved without looking back at Washington. Apparently, something alike was discussed at the Tymoshenko-Yanukovich talks.
Earlier it used to be logical to solve issues drastically important for Ukraine in the American presence. The USA is a superpower, it is a country possessing enormous military and political power and incredible wealth. Just follow Washington’s rules, and you will be politically successful. The same refers to finance.
That was convenient for the USA. “The major strategic mission for the USA is the inadmissibility of setting up a large and independent strategic formation on the territory of the former USSR”, Paul Wolfowitz, then-security advisor to George H. Bush, said in 1992 describing the point of US-led policies in post-Soviet states.
All that took place against the background of the economic devastation and political chaos of the 1990s in Russia and the strong desire of the Ukrainian leadership “to do dirt” for Moscow. In 2004, Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian President No.2 said: “…at that time we thought that our main task was to tease Moscow and receive a generous dollar reward from the West”.
By all appearances, Viktor Yushchenko did not forget that “dollar eloquence”. A vivid illustration of that was his attempt to raise money to funs the repairs of Ukraine ’s old gas supply system. Europe was inclined to think that Ukraine has to cope with this problem on her own, but Kiev was convinced that somebody else had to pay for that honorable privilege.
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