Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on how Russia’s intervention in Ukraine is affecting the constitutional reform process:
Others say Ukraine has every right to slow-roll reforms given the sustained presence of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border and heavy artillery in the hands of rebels. “Until Russia does serious implementation of Minsk, Ukraine shouldn’t be required to make constitutional reforms,” said John Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and a director at the Atlantic Council.