Russia wins Ukrainian election

摘要

Relations between Russia and Ukraine, seriously strained over the past five years, are now expected to improve after president-elect Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Russian figure, is inaugurated to the Ukrainian presidency on February 25. Yanukovych will replace Viktor Yushchenko, whose pro-Western foreign policy angered Moscow so much that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has refused to meet him since August 2008.