I'll start and then I will hand it over to Larissa, who has the freshest news from the ground.
I will say that you're absolutely right. This is a constant balance in navigating the political scene, if you will, in Ukraine. Sometimes there has been a sort of openness. The Canadian government and CIDA have been very flexible, in some instances, to help us grasp the opportunity when a new government has come into power, like when Yushchenko became Prime Minister. We were able to reposition ourselves to provide some very, very important new technical assistance from Canada.
Then there are other instances when we have to adjust because there have been major changes or an overhaul. As Larissa was saying, politics and the bureaucracy are not separated. When the government changes, all oblasts—meaning provinces—have a new governor and so on, so commitments that were there have to be renegotiated with new people. You are living in a country in constant flux, in a constantly changing scene. That is one of the things we have learned, that by being present in the country, having a presence there, having our ear on the ground, we are able then to position ourselves when changes are happening.
I would also like to say that we have always tried to find the level in the bureaucracy to work with that is at less risk of being affected, so when there is turmoil on the top, the small wheels continue to move.
There is no turning back the clock. The post-Soviet countries have crossed the Rubicon. It's only a question of how they are now with political and geopolitical realities, how they are trying to then manoeuvre. Then sometimes you feel that it's two steps forward, one step or more back.