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Yanukovych (r): Kremlin stooge or master statesman? (Photo: kremlin.ru)

Yanukovych's predicament

Of all the countries in the EU's Eastern Partnership, Ukraine is the most important. If the EU fails with Ukraine it will represent a failure of the entire policy.

While the EU still has no clear strategy for its relations with Ukraine and has in the past been guilty of defining its relationship with Kyiv through the prism of Russia, it must be steadfast in its support of the country at this crucial time.

As Ukraine enters the final stages of negotiations towards an Association ...

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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.

Yanukovych (r): Kremlin stooge or master statesman? (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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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.

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