Uwarunkowania procesu transformacji na Ukrainie
The determinants of the process of transformation in Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: After the fall of the Socialist system, processes of transformation began in them. Theseprocesses were influenced by factors of both the external and the internal nature. Asa result of their impact, European and Transcaucasian post-communist countries area very diverse group of countries. Some of them (such as the current member states ofthe European Union and NATO) took full advantage of the weakness of Russia and arenow stable democracies with an average level of the inhabitants’ life. Others are stillcharacterised by incomplete democracy and poor society. However, the period of freeelections in the studied group of countries is already coming to an end due to neo--imperial policy of W. Putin, which is best exemplified by Russian actions in Georgiaand Ukraine.Ukraine belongs to the countries that for various reasons have not made use of a historicopportunity to build a democratic and prosperous society, although after Euromaidan thecountry's present authorities do their best to accelerate the process of transition.Unfortunately, the Russian actions (including military ones) effectively prevent this

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