A year after the Orange Revolution demonstrated ordinary Ukrainians’ fidelity to liberty, Yanukovych still evinces no faith in democracy, and the “single economic space” with Russia that he backs will strengthen the abusive oligarchic system and rule out liberalization. Yanukovych’s foreign policy might not be openly subservient to Russia, but it won’t also be a clearly pro-western one either.
橙色革命展示了普通乌克兰人对于自由的忠诚。在此一年以后，亚努科维奇仍然没有表现出对民主的信仰，而他所支持的与俄罗斯的“单一经济空间”将会加强滥用权势的寡头体系并且排除经济自由化。亚努科维奇的外交政策可能不会公开地屈从于俄罗斯，但是也不会是明显的亲西方。亚努科维奇政府肯定是半瘫痪的半中立。