Stupid question, I know: Why shouldn't Ukraine split in two?

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119. The parties that took power represent less than 30% of the electorate

It must seem real strange to folks that somehow the Party of Regions won recent elections, because according to what we are told in the press only a minority are interested in what they have to say.

No, fact is that there is a very broad spectrum of people that are in the middle, more like our "independent voters". From my experience most Ukrainians are not like what we saw in the streets. They are not nearly as invested in the issues as they are discussed in the western press. The multitudes are as comfortable with parties like Regions as they are with the alternatives.

The current administration in Kiev does not have nearly the kind of comprehensive support that they would like the world to believe. Thus things have become extremely unstable.

Can anyone explain why Kiev has not made the serious overtures that would tone this all down? Like making an effort to provide some representation in Parliament for the rest of the country? And move the date of elections back, as there is no way that there will be a fair election so soon after they ousted much of the party and while they are essentially making their opposition feel like their lives and their families lives are in danger.