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Dear granddad, for Christmas I'd like a Eurasian union
In October Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin proposed a 'Eurasian union' of former soviet nations that could be a major global player competing for influence with the US, the EU and Asia, creating instant headlines about the threat of Russian expansionism. Is Putin mastering geopolitics? Where are the limits of his modernisation strategy?
viktor yanukovych, russian federation, economy, empire, belarus, kyrgyzstan, tajikistan
Ukraine, Belarus, Egypt...free the online activist in you
Ukraine’s ‘Day of Wrath’ against its president on 14 May has been organised online. Belarus’ internet is the only escape from regime propaganda. The Arab world reported its transitions online. Amidst these examples, Peter Ludlow, cyber rights activist and philosophy professor at Northwestern University in Illinois, emphasies that politics can be influenced in bottom-up solutions. Interview
viktor yanukovych, activism, iryna vidanava, belarus, alexander lukashenko, arab spring, minsk
Ukrainian students fight uncertain future
Like many other Ukrainian students, Varvara Shmygalyova hopes her country can one day integrate the European Union. The government’s recent education policies made her turn her hopeful wishes into a fight for her future, writes Delphine Reuter
EU press react: Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's new president
Five years after he was deposed by the Orange Revolution, the opposition leader won Ukraine's presidential elections on 7 February, narrowly edging out prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a runoff vote. The Swiss, Czech, Polish and Portuguese press bemoan the rise to power of a politician who is widely regarded as pro-Russian, but believes that Ukraine has now finally proven that it is truly democratic
viktor yanukovych, russian federation, euweek, elections, ukraine, orange revolution, viktor yushchenko
Ukraine elections: EU press reacts as Tymoshenko trails Yanukovich
Early exit polls suggest that pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has a clear lead in Ukraine's presidential elections, followed closely by head of government Yulia Tymoshenko. But according to the Latvian, Swedish and German press, no matter who wins the runoff vote on 7 February 7, Ukraine will be more oriented towards Russia in the future, albeit as a sovereign democratic state
viktor yanukovych, euweek, elections, ukraine, viktor yushchenko, politics
Palikot, Berlusconi, Sarkozy - politicians sin
Impulsive, inappropriately affectionate, big heads - are politicians full of virtue? Videos
viktor yanukovych, churchill, king juan carlos i, nicolas sarkozy, silvio berlusconi, angela merkel, video
Sergii Oleksiuk: 'It's like a Yanykovich-Yushchenko soap opera'
Three years on, a 23-year-old key figure in the youth movement during the Orange Revolution considers his country's latest stalemate
viktor yanukovych, ukraine, orange revolution, kiev, viktor yushchenko, central and eastern europe, society
Spluttering clockwork orange engine
As Ukraine faces a political crisis, Europe follows its neighbour's events with interest, conscious of the former Soviet Republic’s strategic importance for her energy supply
viktor yanukovych, energy, elections, ukraine, orange revolution, kiev, viktor yushchenko
