Kremlin advisors say Ukraine shifting focus from Russia to Europe - Ukraine Business Online

Kremlin advisors say Ukraine shifting focus from Russia to Europe - Opinion - News - Ukraine Business Online:

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A close analysis by a group of Kremlin advisors of a message to the Verkhovna Rada by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in whom Moscow has placed so much hope shows that Kyiv no longer views itself as part of the Russian cultural world, defines itself in European terms, and cooperates with Moscow only when and because it has to.

Tamara Guzenkova, the deputy director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Research which often provides studies for the Kremlin, says that Yanukovych’s 576-page message released a month ago (for its full text, see president.gov.ua/docs/poslannia2013.pdf) represents the triumph of the pro-Europe party in Ukraine (riss.ru/index.php/analitika/1890-o-vneshnepoliticheskikh-prioritetakh-i-tsennostyakh-ukrainy-v-ezhegodnom-poslanii-v-yanukovicha-verkhovnoj-rade#.UeUcFW00EUN)."

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