Ukraine: the election and after

The election to choose a new Ukrainian president is scheduled for 25 May. Instability in the country’s east means it is not yet certain that the vote will take place at all. The election is a crucial test for post-revolution Kiev, which needs to produce an administration capable of representing all parts of the country, delivering a painful reform agenda and presenting a united front to Moscow. But there are powerful internal and external forces agitating against this.