Today the President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko fired his entire government.

This political crisis started developing few days ago, when Secretary of State Zinchenko accused Yuschenko’s new government of returning to the old system of corruption and favoritism. The first reactions from the Ukrainian pro-Kremlin opposition were happiness and reinforcement of their ideology. The opposition doesn't think that Ukraine can independently function as a democracy.

However, this development should be seen as an opportunity rather than a setback for reform in Ukraine.

Zinchenko resigned, and the next day the Ukrainian Bureau of Security launched an investigation based on Zinchenko’s accusations. Prosecutors will investigate the head of the National Security Council of Ukraine, Poroshenko, First Assistant to the President, Tretyakov, and the Leader of the Parliament party "Our Ukraine", Martinenko. Another criminal investigation was launched against the head of the Customs Service of Ukraine, Nikolay Skomarovsky, and his three assistants. All of this means that the "corrupt" government took the words of accusation to heart and showed action right away. Zinchenko’s resignation was based upon his inability to prove the accusations, he was not fired for his insubordination.

CNN quotes Yushchenko has said that the new government lost its "team spirit" which was true. The passion of the Orange Revolution died out and the new government faced the challenges of reforms and corruption. Much of the opinions on the government's reforms were delivered by a pro-Russian opposition, which most Ukrainians don’t agree with. The pro-Russian opposition was involved in the scandal with the Russian government allegedly poisoning Yuschenko, attempting to steal the Ukrainian elections, and trying to put the Kremlin’s corrupt friend in power.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, is almost as popular as Yuschenko himself. Having her as a healthy opposition will help drown out the pro-Kremlin voices left in Ukrainian politics. Staying with his party and being part of his government would have led to corruption, leaving Ukraine without a truly loyal opposition party.

In 2006 the Ukrainian Constitution will be amended to make the Prime Minister more powerful than the President. The person who gets elected for this position will be well respected by the nation and by the Parliament. Now independent from Yuschenko, Tymoshenko can start her show, which will end on March 2006 and distribute power in the country.

Yuschenko has appointed Yuri Yakhanurov to form his new Cabinet. An interesting fact is that Yakhanurov is Russian - he was born in Siberia and raised in Russia. This just shows that Yuschenko’s government is not anti-Russian. If Yakhanurov proves to be more effective than Tymoshenko, and gains the nation’s respect, he could make himself into a real Russian political figure in Ukraine without all the unnecessary meddling from the Kremlin.

Ukrainians remain confused about the direction their country is taking. In public opinion polls, 43 percent do not approve of the country's direction, which is almost twice as much comparing to the 23 percent who were optimistic in April. However, the reforms are working, and big changes are starting.

One of the best moves of the new Ukrainian government was cancelling the old restrictive visa policy for EU and U.S. citizens. This move has created new business and tourism opportunities for this old and beautiful Eastern European country.

Ukraine is a hard working Christian nation, which historically has always been fought over between Russia and Poland. I believe that hard work, patience and the pride of having their own country will lead Ukrainians to true democratic values and a free market economy.