Eurasia letter: will Ukraine return to Russia?
From: Foreign Policy
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Date: 9/22/1994
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Author: Rumer, Eugene B.
Leonid Kuchma's July 1994 election as president of Ukraine is a chance for the country to step back from the brink of self-destruction. During the first two and a half years of independence, Ukraine's citizens watched domestic policies erode the county's sovereignty and undermine its prospects for survival as an independent state. Kuchma's election gives Ukraine a chance to start over and take on the challenge of internal reconstruction. But it is only a slim chance, and the odds are ...
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