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| MOSCOW — Ukraine’s Parliament voted in a new prime minister on Thursday, in the most significant shuffle of the senior leadership since a revolution two years ago. | MOSCOW — Ukraine’s Parliament voted in a new prime minister on Thursday, in the most significant shuffle of the senior leadership since a revolution two years ago. |
| The government of Prime Minister Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk and President Petro O. Poroshenko was swept into power in 2014 on a wave of popular anger at the authoritarian, corrupt and Russian-aligned presidency of Viktor F. Yanukovych. But infighting soon broke out among the victors, paralyzing the government. And the International Monetary Fund, concerned about continuing corruption, recently halted aid to an economy that is on life support. | |
| In the vote on Thursday, Parliament approved Volodymyr B. Groysman, a close ally of Mr. Poroshenko, to replace Mr. Yatsenyuk, potentially easing some of the rifts in the pro-European camp but also concentrating power in the hands of Mr. Poroshenko’s team. | In the vote on Thursday, Parliament approved Volodymyr B. Groysman, a close ally of Mr. Poroshenko, to replace Mr. Yatsenyuk, potentially easing some of the rifts in the pro-European camp but also concentrating power in the hands of Mr. Poroshenko’s team. |
| Western countries, including the United States, which has stepped up military deployments in Eastern Europe along the western borders of Russia, have much at stake in Ukraine and are eager to prop up the country as a bulwark against Russian expansion. But the sharp-elbowed political infighting in Kiev and the failure to address deep-seated corruption that reaches into the highest levels of the government are undermining those efforts. | |
| The vote for Mr. Groysman was 257 to 50, a wide margin that could help him navigate Ukraine’s complex political waters with more success than his predecessor. But analysts say they doubt he has the political backing to carry out a badly needed economic overhaul and a peace agreement with Russia and Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine, as demanded by the country’s Western allies. | The vote for Mr. Groysman was 257 to 50, a wide margin that could help him navigate Ukraine’s complex political waters with more success than his predecessor. But analysts say they doubt he has the political backing to carry out a badly needed economic overhaul and a peace agreement with Russia and Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine, as demanded by the country’s Western allies. |
| That is because his victory depended on votes from political parties other than Ukraine’s two largest blocs, under Mr. Poroshenko and Mr. Yatsenyuk. Only 206 members of the two parties voted for Mr. Groysman, a liability that could spell trouble on important votes. | That is because his victory depended on votes from political parties other than Ukraine’s two largest blocs, under Mr. Poroshenko and Mr. Yatsenyuk. Only 206 members of the two parties voted for Mr. Groysman, a liability that could spell trouble on important votes. |
| Among those overriding issues is the need to put in place the Minsk agreement to cool tensions with Russia. That deal is being held up by a small but important party that is dead set against changing the Constitution to grant the separatist areas of eastern Ukraine the degree of autonomy called for in the peace accord. | Among those overriding issues is the need to put in place the Minsk agreement to cool tensions with Russia. That deal is being held up by a small but important party that is dead set against changing the Constitution to grant the separatist areas of eastern Ukraine the degree of autonomy called for in the peace accord. |
| Opponents of Mr. Groysman, who served previously as speaker of Parliament, greeted his election with shouts of “Shame! Shame!” He seemed to take that in his stride, saying in his acceptance speech, “All these discussions in this hall will go down in history as just words.” He added, “The shame is on those who in 24 years haven’t given the people a good life.” | Opponents of Mr. Groysman, who served previously as speaker of Parliament, greeted his election with shouts of “Shame! Shame!” He seemed to take that in his stride, saying in his acceptance speech, “All these discussions in this hall will go down in history as just words.” He added, “The shame is on those who in 24 years haven’t given the people a good life.” |
| Mr. Groysman said tackling corruption, opposing populism and improving state management would take priority in his government, despite the simmering conflict in the country’s east. | Mr. Groysman said tackling corruption, opposing populism and improving state management would take priority in his government, despite the simmering conflict in the country’s east. |