some politicians a a worried that the country could split
between the West which ones closer ties with the EU
in the east but traders Russia now the country has long been divided along
ethnic
and linguistic lines roughly two-thirds of the population
are ethnic Ukrainians who speak the Ukrainian language
one in every six people is a russian-speaking ethnic
Ukrainian and ethnic russians they also make up roughly a sec that the
population
that these divisions are reflected they were reflected in
the last presidential election of 2010 and this is how the country voted
the ukrainians making West voted for you do too much and Co
and the main the russian-speaking East voted for
Victorian ok ovitz he won that election with more than forty eight
percent of the fate because right now too late
give OD and who is a Ukrainian analysts and she joins us live now
from London thank you very much indeed for joining us here at Al Jazeera
what's your assessment ove the state if ukraine right now
as we have the President Viktor Yanukovych
a describing events so far as having been a coup
well
I think first thing to remember is that too them
a president was legitimately a.m. elected
so he PCs set the unfolding events as seven as a cool
because Sam a he was effectively been forced out from
power or I'm is being forced out up out of power
am on the other hand we have the opposition
who are saying that well look he was elected
a because he was given a chance to be democratically elected and he defeated
to unity Machine Co
however we have serious doubts that he would
allowed the same rights in the upcoming 2015 elections
this it this we'll see one of the major issues lack of trust
in the current authorities this is being
aggravated with to hi number
that's that we've seen last week a.m. which
effectively made I'm Yanukovych's political future
untenable I'm so what we're seeing now is a situation where the opposition
wants to push ahead
a really of both finalize what they've started
a a hopefully take our overdid the power
as they expect to do may now is with profound out with the snap elections
where is the president believes that he has the legitimacy and he has to
continue
a were insisting on his serve rights although
this strategy may not work I'm
what impact will the imminent release
ovulating a shingle have upon this to mulcher state
in Ukrainian politics right now what effect will she have
I don't think it's
going to calm the situation necessarily a
singer Shane Co was indeed a very popular leader back in 2004 2005 during
the Orange Revolution
motion really forget they were said to ballot boxes in 2010 that she was
defeated
she's not necessarily a unifying
fieger at the at other problem is that because she says such a charismatic
leader
a.m. she's quite likely
a.m. think is going to emerge as the key leader of the Opposition in the upcoming
elections
and it's still unclear how this will sit with the other
leaders of the opposition that have been I'm carrying
this movement so I think that at the moment he
ukraine actually needs and leave their that will
have calming and unifying impact but I don't really see anyone who can do that
and how serious how seriously should we take these concerns about
the the possible prospective ukraine dividing along that to
that long existing fault line between
Eastham West how seriously should we take the prospect is that
deepening still further i think is quite simplistic to put
I am at those divisions along to cultural or linguistic lines
indeed they are differences but will have to remember that Ukrainians are
quite proud of their country and
they have been supporters there are positioning East as well
to mission call her cell comes from the information in Ukraine
and day has been also in margins and I am
a quiet spam a said you've activity among
middle-class across Ukraine so
with their different layers to this story but if course
I'm gonna college maintains his power base
in the east have they won't be probably support for him
or for those who are anti-tumor Shane call
but it doesn't mean that the country will be splits
into two parts okay thank you very much
Indy very interesting talking to lead get bored again a Ukrainian analyst
who's joined us live
from London