Yushchenko: Yanukovych has defied millions of Ukrainians

March06201018:17

The first official visit by Viktor Yanukovych to Moscow didn’t address any key problems in the relations between Ukraine and Russia, Yushchenko notes.
 “The Russians didn’t send any signals with regard to revising the crippling terms of the gas-supply contract or delimitating the common border without which a visa-free travel agreement with the EU is impossible. Moscow continues to play hardball with Ukraine in order to make Ukraine change its foreign policy course and subjugate Ukrainian interests to those of Moscow,” Yushchenko says.  
 “The Kremlin resorts to economic (dragging Ukraine into the Customs Union) and military levers (insistence on the continued stationing of its Black Sea fleet in Crimea),” the statement goes on. 
Over the past years, Russia has also intensified its undisguised meddling in Ukraine’s domestic affairs by pushing ahead with the questionable need to protect the interests of Russian-speaking Ukrainians and demands to stop the so-called revision of history, Yushchenko continues.  
A public commitment by Yanukovych to rescind Yushchenko’s decision to award the Hero of Ukraine titles to Bandera and Shukhevych is a clear sell-out of Ukraine national interests, Yushchenko stresses.

• 21:1407.03.10 elmer
• • Maskva still worships stalin, a mass murderer.
    Maskva still worships lenin, a mass murderer.
    But when Ukraine rightly recognizes Bandera as a fighter for Ukrainian freedom - Yachoonovick sticks his head up Putler's ass and his own ass at the same time.
    Yuschchenko is absolutely right on this.
    Bandera and Shukhevych fought for Ukraine's freedom.
    It looks like Yakoochonik now wants to give it away, and have himself become a Putler pet and have Ukraine become a slave of roosha.
• 20:5907.03.10 American boy
• • Mr. Yuschenko,
    You had your chance and you blew it. Your words amounted to nothing for the past 5 years and still do. Only 5% of voters cared about you and that number is dropping to 0. You are history now, so please fade away.
• 14:4907.03.10
• • chYushchenko brought Ukraine into international disrepute by making the award in the first place. He had no mandate or authority to unilaterally make such a decision., A decision that has divided Ukraine and caused considerable outrage in the international community. Yushchenko continues to demonstrate that he was not the right man for the job. His term of office has only served to divided Ukraine and cause ot ongoing hardship