Ukraine set to unseat Orange revolutionaries in favour of closer ties to Moscow

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[Yorkshireman]

They could always go to the polls for a second time if they reject a closer relationship with the EU on the first ballot.

Now thats what I call democracy.........

[Simon]

It is a great shame the west has not done more to help Ukraine.

[Super Blue]

I agree, Simon. This isn't about the EU, this is about a small nation that Russia hopes to re-subjugate by stealth, as they did in Georgia.

[Tapestry]

Obama retreating from confrontation with Russia, while cranking up a competitive game with China.

[Andrew S]

Death to tyrants!

[Nižinskyj]

Partition might be the only way to save (at least half) of the country. It's pretty much split down the middle between European Ukraine and a Russian Ukraine.
Ukrainian national identity is a more or less artificial construct from the nineteenth century so it's hardly surprising the country's previous overlords carry so much weight.

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