“There are still problems, no doubt,” Vitaly Sych says. “There has been no prosecution of officials of former officials. Tax reform has stalled. There has been no move to cut the ridiculous amount of regulations and red tape. The Georgians did that within the first three months. Things should be moving faster. There’s no excuse for the slow pace.”
Nevertheless, he sees things moving forward. “For twenty years, we did nothing. Now things are starting to happen. This process will take ten years, at least. And we will see positive changes within three to five years. We are moving away from Russia and moving toward the civilized democratic world.”
