A while back, I posted about the economic racket in Ukraine. I quoted Nicu Popescu writing that the Russian strategy would involve bribing Yanukovich to garner his support for Russian interests in Ukraine. Ukrainians are now shocked and outraged at the riches accumulated by Yanukovich.
It turns out the economic racketeering was quite profitable to Yanukovich. It's more than safe to assume that there never was any real interest from Yanukovich to attempt getting closer to the European Union: an association agreement with Ukraine would never have gotten Yanukovich the kind of riches he was obtaining while closely cooperating with Russia.
It turns out the economic racketeering was quite profitable to Yanukovich. It's more than safe to assume that there never was any real interest from Yanukovich to attempt getting closer to the European Union: an association agreement with Ukraine would never have gotten Yanukovich the kind of riches he was obtaining while closely cooperating with Russia.
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