ASSESSMENTS

In Ukraine, a Pause in Political Infighting

Apr 14, 2016 | 14:07 GMT

Ukraine Chooses a New Prime Minister
New Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in parliament on April 13 before his appointment.

(GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)

After weeks of intense political deliberation, Ukraine has a new government in place. The Ukrainian parliament voted in Volodymyr Groysman as the country's new prime minister on April 14 , replacing embattled former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk following his April 10 resignation. The appointment will mark a pause in the political infighting that has characterized Kiev for months. Instability and uncertainty, however, will continue as the government struggles to implement internal reforms and weather the intense competition between Russia and the West....

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