Experts believe that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's visit to Moscow and talks on Ukraine's accession to the Customs Union could be held after the EU-Ukraine summit.
“I will name the date of February 25 [the date of the EU-Ukraine summit]. If I were an advisor to the Russian president, I would advise him to meet with President Yanukovych after February 25,” Director of the Situations Modeling Agency Vitaliy Bala said at a press conference on Wednesday.
Director of the Penta Center for Applied Political Studies Volodymyr Fesenko supported his colleague.
“I agree that February 25 could be really an influential date on determining the date for Yanukovych’s new visit to Moscow,” he said.
The expert said that Ukrainian politics was irrational and that there was a lot of psychology.
“A simple example: Yanukovych faces tough criticism during the EU-Ukraine summit… If that happens, then, against such a psychological background, Yanukovych can really be invited [to Moscow] and shown a different attitude: ‘Did you see how you are treated in Europe? So let us agree with us again,'” Fesenko said.
“The only thing I can say is that the question of when it happens and what the agenda is like will be resolved in Moscow,” he said.
As reported, Yanukovych was expected to make a working visit to Russia on December 18, but the visit was postponed.
