Kiev has invited Poland to participate in a massive privatization of its assets that is expected to begin this summer.
The overall context of this privatization is āthe likely collapse of the Ukrainian military,ā argued Rodney Shakespeare, a visiting professor of binary economics at Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia, and co-founder of the Global Justice Movement.
The likely collapse of Ukraine might result in Russia āliberating regions in the east and across the south to Transnistria,ā he claimed, suggesting that Moscow might āagree to Poland having a large part of western Ukraine in exchange for a regional security treaty with no NATO membership for the enlarged Poland.ā
Meanwhile, āUkraine's political class thinks that selling off a nation's assets to foreign corporations is a good idea (whereas, in reality, it is disastrous) but in the present situation, it is a way of cementing ties between Poland and (the rump of) Ukraine,ā Shakespeare added.
Political analyst Dmitry Zhuravlev, however, appeared skeptical about the success of Kievās endeavor, noting that whatever profits might be reaped from the ownership of these Ukrainian assets pale in comparison to the risks involved.
āWould this money be big enough to overshadow the risks? Because if a plant gets bombed, your ownership of it would be of little use to you,ā said Zhuravlev, general director of the Moscow-based Institute of Regional Problems. āAnd Ukrainians may just deploy some artillery battery nearby and use that plant as a cover.ā
Kiev has invited Poland to participate in a massive privatization of its assets that is expected to begin this summer.
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