The indefinite protest action by opponents of the anti-crisis coalition is gaining momentum. In this regard, the Center for Political Values Research turned to political experts with the question: "Is a new 'Maidan' possible in Ukraine?"\n\nMykhailo Pohrebinskyi (director of the Center for Political Research and Conflictology):\n\n"There are no conditions for it, but much depends on the political class. If politicians go wall to wall, irritate people, then they will come out. But I believe that this is not just a farce, but a tragic farce with unpredictable consequences.\nUnder the conditions that have currently developed, moderate tolerant people, and they were the majority of 'Maidan-2004', will not go to the maidan now. This is obvious. Therefore, if a 'Maidan' does take place, it will consist partly of paid people, partly of extremely radical and aggressive-minded people, on both one side and the other. This is precisely what can lead to tragedy. I believe that politicians must pay attention to this.\n\nI very much hope that the restraint of the Ukrainian mentality will work again and no radical events will occur."\n\nOles Doniy (head of the Center for Political Values Research):\n\n"'Maidan' as a form of holding street actions using technical equipment - tents - is already underway in Kyiv. It is another matter what scope the new 'Maidan' may acquire, and what consequences of its pressure are possible. Here it is worth returning to Ukrainian history and recalling that 'Maidan' as a tent city with large-scale demonstrations first arose not at all during the 'Orange Revolution.' For the first time this technology was applied in October of the ninetieth year during the 'student revolution on granite,' and then the action achieved success. But already two years later the overwhelming majority of those same student leaders set up a tent city once again (by the way, much more technically equipped compared to the first time) on Khreshchatyk, but they failed to gain support from the population. The second tent city in 1992 achieved no political successes, suffered a fiasco and was folded up. The very idea of tents on Khreshchatyk after this was discredited for many long years and not in demand by society.\nThe next attempt to set up tents on Khreshchatyk and stir up society took place after the death of one of the former student activists, Heorhiy Gongadze, and gave impetus to the 'Ukraine without Kuchma' action. But the population at that moment turned out to be not ready to support the action under moral but abstract slogans, and the next tent city disappeared from the cold and snow.\n\nThe next 'Maidan' with tents took place during the 'Orange Revolution' and achieved the goals set before it. So far, the experience of Ukrainian history teaches that each new Ukrainian generation (and they change approximately once every 10-15 years) can have its own successful 'Maidan.' And there can be as many unsuccessful Maidans as you like."\n\nMykola Mykhalchenko (president of the Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences):\n\n"A new 'Maidan' is impossible. The population is so disappointed in all political forces that neither an 'orange,' nor a 'white-blue,' nor a 'pink,' nor any other 'Maidan' is possible. Therefore everything must be resolved through agreements at the top."\n\nViktor Nebozhenko (head of the sociological service 'Ukrainian Barometer'):\n\n"Such events occur during the change of youth populations. In three years, when young people appear who have not been to 'Maidan,' it will become possible. Now an imitation of 'Maidan' is possible, the use of this technology by directly opposite political forces. It will look like this: at one end of Khreshchatyk there will be an 'orange Maidan,' at the other - a 'white-blue' one. Onlookers, journalists and tourists will walk now there, now here. There will be no epicenter that the population of Ukraine would perceive as a certain source of truth and democracy."\n\nMaksym Strikha (head of scientific programs of the Institute of Open Policy):\n\n"I do not rule out the possibility of a new 'Maidan' in general, but I am afraid that it is unlikely during the coming months. First of all it is impossible because a revolution, as someone aptly said, is hard to make in winter and impossible to make in summer. Secondly, now the level of disappointment is so great that very many of my acquaintances, participants of that 'Maidan,' will under no circumstances come out to defend either Yushchenko or Tymoshenko. Or to defend abstract values? When the leaders were too inept, then they should learn to live in opposition, as is proper in democratic countries."\n\nKost Bondarenko (director of the Kyiv Institute of Management Problems named after Gorshenin):\n\n"In general, anything is possible. But it is worth recalling Karl Marx's brilliant work 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte,' which began with the words: 'Hegel once proved that history repeats itself twice: the first time as tragedy, the second - as farce.'\nIn the given situation, holding a second 'Maidan' will look like a farce.\n\nWhy will it be difficult to realize a new 'Maidan'?\n\nFirstly, in summer no effective public action has ever taken place in Ukraine, since this is a dead political season. Dead seasons are used, as a rule, by counterrevolution, not revolution.\n\nSecondly, in 2004 people understood that their vote had been stolen, that attempts were being made to distort the results of the expression of will. Now people have been convinced that the elections took place more or less honestly. And what is happening in the Verkhovna Rada is already games of an elite, not electoral character, that is, games to which the public should not be drawn in. And the public understands this perfectly well.\n\nThirdly, it seems to me that there is a certain strain in the pathos of Yulia Tymoshenko and her associates. In the given situation Yulia Tymoshenko has overplayed herself - the current situation arose because of her greed, her unwillingness to share posts. And if not for her unbalanced policy, we would long ago have had both a government and a working parliament.\n\nAnd lastly. As sociology shows, the majority of citizens in Ukraine lean toward a broad coalition.\n\nAll these factors lead to the fact that 'Maidan' becomes not simply impossible, but inexpedient."