culture determine politics, so the sense that the decision of putin in moscow, the decision of yannick povichkiev could change yet -- decision of kovich invitz -- yanu kiev could change things. what was it the citizens thought would be forthcoming? in terms of everyday life, what were their expectations of what was to be forthcoming? >> this is a great question. it provides me a chance to give an example of the misperceptions i am talking about. the fact is while many ukrainian citizens may have thought they had immediate improvement in standards, he was anything but. all you have to do is look over poland history, bulgaria, romania, who traveled this long, hard path to join the european union, and you know once you sign this agreement and begin the difficult process of transforming your country's , all youinstitutions have is 10 years of pain, because the first thing asked of you is to cut your budget deficit, and that usually means reducing aid for people on the bottom of the social ladder. it means cutting jobs. there are industries that have been subsidized and have added payrolls, so cut