Monday, November 18, 2013

Viktor Yanukovich: Ukraine enigma at centre of EU-Russia contest

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/190667ba-5048-11e3-befe-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz2l1Lm3hkd

...despite the Ukrainian leadership’s proclaimed commitment to European integration, people who know him suggest Mr Yanukovich’s overriding goal is not westernising his country. It is ensuring that he, his circle and his business backers in Ukraine’s highly oligarchic system survive 2015 presidential elections and stay in power as long as possible.