The art of kamikaze politics

When he took office in 2014, Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk called his decision a political suicide. That was before the Russian annexation of Crimea and the start of the conflict in the Donbass. Now two years later, Yatsenyuk may've not officially become a political corpse yet, but he's close. Although his government did survive a no confidence vote last month, since then the ruling coalition has been in shambles. And the political stupor is threatening not just the PM's fate but also Ukraine's hopes for normalization.

The impression is that an oligarchic counter-revolution has been launched...