for now on our top story on the political situation in Ukraine and among
the top concerns for the new
leaders will be its relations with the EU
US and Russia now moscow says it won't interfere in ukraine's affairs and
expect the with to do the same
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says it's not about taking sides
up personal equal to the product even but that's a
it is dangerous and counterproductive to try to force ukraine to choose
based on the principles of your either with us or against us
where interested in Ukraine been a part of a common European families
well for more on the russian angle where joined live by marcia
let men she's a political analysts from the cunning key Moscow center
thank you very much for joining us on the show now we just heard from the
Russian Foreign Minister they say again Lavrov morning the West against a
in meddling in ukraine's Affairs also saying that Moscow
won't be doing the same as well what's behind this message do you think
on
well I don't think that on are there can be a situation around ukraine with
foreign actors just staying away
are to begin with Ukraine is desperate for cash it needs badly financial aid
it the speaker bits parliament see about our Ukrainian
economy is in a state of catastrophe he said the coffers were empty
if our financial aid comes to ukraine from the outside because where else
I then of course those nations are those international organizations
are will have leverage in Ukraine in it is impossible to imagine that somebody
would commit billions of dollars
without strings attached also this is our
in this does not %uh this is not very meaningful what
saw the minister said right now we are seeing a new recruit ukraine emerging
we've got be west on one side leaning towards the
European Union and you've got the east on the other side leaning towards Russia
in your opinion
you think ukraine would be better off playing to with the EU or Russia
well I don't think there is such an option for Ukraine and this has been the
worst Emma that was voiced by many people over many years that ukraine
cannot be either pro-russian
or pro-european that Ukraine has two is just
and nations outside Ukraine should it just to our
the fact that are there should be cooperation around ukraine
however at this does not seem to happen especially recently
are over the past months that had led to the tragic crisis in Ukraine
into the loss of over 80 lives are the game around ukraine
are look more and more like a zero-sum game with the are both sides are pulling
ukraine in now
on Elm tilt toward themselves into their orbit
are rather than cooperating now there is something we hear more pledges about
cooperation remains to be seen
whether our how this can actually lead to our reasonable policies
it's a fine line is an ad that Ukraine is actually walking he and I it is also
a very critical time for
ukraine interim president the president acknowledges that the country is
split into ideologically but he also said that there are signs have
separatism
is this a reality well on I think we should look first and foremost that the
region are no such as the Crimean Peninsula are part of ukraine
which happens to be the helm of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
this is of course an important factor there I'll with lotsa russian servicemen
located in the Crimea
but also this is a region where the pro moscow sentiments of
hi our weather just a couple days ago there was a huge 50,000
a rally art thou tell was condemning the government in Kiev
yen-dollar about calling that would not recognize it
I this region has an autonomous status within ukraine
it in can legitimately held a referendum in a vote for broader economy
on anyway if where are thinking about separatism we should look at this region
which causes concern alright much are we gonna have to leave it there thank you
so much for your inside
that's a masha lipman their political analyst from the Carnegie Moscow center