Oleh Soskin alleges the Ukrainian treasury has been raided by many oligarchs and politicians who have gotten wealthy by embezzling funds that Ukraine gets from its gas trade with Russia. But new market agreements with Moscow could force the president to stop passing along the costs of corruption.
Soskin says the new president will need to immediately release the price of gas. As soon as he does that, it's clear consumers will not bear it, because they have been robbed. They do not have sources of money to cover such a high price -- $300 [per 1,000 cubic meters] -- and this will provide social impetus for change.
Ukrainian voters, says Oleh Soskin, are practiced at voting out politicians and parties they feel have betrayed them - first the Communists, then the Socialists and now President Yushchenko. He says if the new president wishes to avoid the people's wrath, even social unrest, he must side with them against a corrupt establishment to clean up the country's institutions.
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