The International Business Times quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on the recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine:
But the violence lurking in Ukrainian politics is already affecting the climate. “This cult of violent [protest] is dangerous and this atmosphere of intimidation around the parliament is not … conducive to democratic discourse and deliberation,” Adrian Karatnycky, who specializes in Ukrainian affairs at the Atlantic Council think tank, said.