On 10 April 2016, the once popular post-revolution Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced he would resign. The move followed an earlier vote of no-confidence, which he narrowly survived. Yatsenyuk furthermore already lost the support of several coalition parties, leaving him to govern without a majority in the Parliament backing him up. Yatsenyuk claimed he had stepped down for the sake of political stability. The negative Dutch referendum has been mentioned as a possible reason. Some however see it as part of a bigger game for power in Ukrainian politics. Yatsenyuk himself claimed the crisis had been created artificially and stated that ''the desire to change one person has blinded politicians and paralyzed their will to bring about real changes in the country''. Following his resignation, Yatsenyuk recommended Volodymyr Groysman, the current Chairman of the Ukraine Parliament and close ally of President Petro Poroshenko to succeed him. It is another phase of the political instability of the country.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk had come to power two years earlier, following the Maidan Revolution, and was considered to have potential to lead the country, together with President Poroshenko. The post-revolution alliance is losing momentum however, and might follow the path of those of the Orange ''revolutionaries'' of 2004, as reforms are stalling, political instability is rising and (former) coalition partners are fighting each other.

Corruption is still a major problem in the country, as well as the power of oligarchs in Ukrainian politics, that are considered as the major symptom of corruption in Ukraine. Yatsenyuk in the end was considered as another corrupt politician. Apart from Yatenyuk, current President Petro Poroshenko is also increasingly criticized, following the mentioning of his name in the "Panama Papers".

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