Unfortunately, the Orange revolution in 2004 didn’t change Ukrainians. The revolution staged by Ukrainians flocking to Kyiv from all over the country didn’t snowball to every city, town, village and household. Ukrainians think that, since they elected a president, he must take care of them, Yury Shukhevych says.

“Ukrainians vote for lip-service politicos who promise fortunes for ordinary people. Ukrainians are now aware of their insincerity – but still keep making the same mistake again and again,” Yury Shukhevych says.