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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (l) has become a regular visitor to Brussels (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Ukraine is back on the EU agenda

Since the election of Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine at the beginning of this year, the country has been very much back on the agenda in Brussels.

The new president and members of his government have become regular visitors to the Belgian capital.

To the surprise of many European observers and contrary to their public image in most European countries as politicians who want to bring the Ukraine closer to Russia once again, the government has repeatedly stressed that it...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (l) has become a regular visitor to Brussels (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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