Mikheil Saakashvili, who heads the Office of Simple Solutions (former National Council for Reforms) in Ukraine, believes that the “Nezalezhna” is far behind Russia on the economic front.
Thus, he said that Russia has far outstripped Ukraine in the issue of deregulation of the economy and efficiency of the fiscal system.
“I am very upset that Russia has gone far ahead of Ukraine in deregulation”, – Saakshvili complained.
Besides, Russia is far ahead of Ukraine in terms of reforms, which does not please the former Georgian president either.
“There are many things in Russia (which we are trying to fix in Ukraine) that are being solved there much faster and more successfully than we are. The bureaucracy is shrinking there, the tax system is improving and Russia is beating us on the front, where it can’t win because Ukraine is a democracy, because Ukraine has a freedom-loving society, because Ukraine has much more potential”, – he said.
Well, apparently, it can and wins. Perhaps, someone should open their eyes and draw conclusions? The time would be right for Kiev to stop searching for mythical democracy, which Ukraine does not possess, and to pull the country out of the pit where it was successfully thrown.