MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - A crisis resolution proposed by the Ukrainian president is a temporary and technical compromise which will most likely be supported by all parties, including Maidan militants, head of the Center for Ukrainian Studies at the Russian Institute of Europe Viktor Mironenko said.
To restore calm in the country, we are proposing to return the 2004 Constitution with re-distribution of powers in favor of the parliamentary republic, to hold a presidential election and form a government of people's trust, Yanukovych said earlier on Friday.
"I think this is not the best, nor the worst solution. The main thing is that this can stop escalation of violence and the bloodshed. What has now been proposed, as far as one can judge, is a product of fairly long talks. I believe at this stage it is a compromise of a temporary, technical nature," Mironenko told Interfax on Friday.
Each separate part of Yanukovych's initiative can be perceived differently by the Ukrainian public, the expert said. "Its major aspects include a return to the 2004 Constitution which is a step in the right direction. Questions remain over an early presidential election because many people in Ukraine perceive Viktor Yanukovych as the man who allowed all this bloodshed to happen," the expert said.
It cannot be ruled out that the compromise will also have to be accepted by Maidan militants, he said. "It will be difficult to talk to these people. But I believe ultimately they will realize that a bad peace is better than a good war. I think, despite all the difficulties these people will understand and support this compromise," Mironenko said.