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policy of Brussels coming ahead of Moscow was unfailingly pursued by each Ukrainian president regardless of the frequency and destinations of their foreign visits. This means Yanukovych"s visit to Brussels scheduled before his visit to Moscow should not be given any symbolic meaning. When Yushchenko took office in 2005, he went to Moscow first, but it was during his presidency that Ukraine"s pro-Western policy reached an absurd level.Further on, Ukrainian politicians often hide their true pro-Western sentiments behind pro-Russian rhetoric, talking eloquently about friendship and common historic interests.
Russia has paid a high price for taking Leonid Kuchma"s rhetoric too seriously. The problem was greater than providing Ukraine with cheap energy resources from Siberia. A whole range of important initiatives within the CIS, including the establishment of the Economic Union, the Common Economic Space and others, were sabotaged by Ukrainian politicians who
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