"What is the difference between Ukraine and Russia? A small example. In the distance. In the distance to officials. I just watched a video where the Prime Minister of Ukraine leaves his car and a journalist with uncomfortable questions approaches him. First one (one!) Security guard hesitantly blocks him, but Grojsman recalls the guard, greets him and answers the journalist with his questions. Yes, let the machine while and insanely expensive German foreign car, but it is one, without tuples and escorts. And now imagine that someone can approach Medvedev, who travels along an overcrowded city, accompanied by fifty armored cars and traffic police, whose useless body is guarded by dozens of officers of special services. Unexpectedly so approach and ask Medvedev about his real estate in a direct and uncomfortable form. I can not imagine it either, no matter how hard I try.

It would seem - it's a trifle. No, this is not a trifle, but an important mental shift in society. People are not afraid, they are not cringing - the government stops looking down.

Officials in Ukraine are already beginning to understand that they are hired managers who are obliged to give a report to people and the press for their activities and their way of life. And not the demigods. Give - when asked, not when it is convenient and profitable for them. Citizen (employer) - subordinated officer. And not a slave - lord. This case is one of the most striking features of the gradual democratization of the country.

Everything in Ukraine will be kind. I'm telling you exactly, "the journalist summed up..