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With Victor Yushchenko out of office and Victor Yanukovych preparing to take his place, fears in the West of a Russian resurgence in Ukraine have been revived. With Victor Yushchenko out of office and Victor Yanukovych preparing to take his place, fears in the West of a Russian resurgence in Ukraine have been revived. The next several months will bring “the de facto folding of Ukraine back into the Russian sphere of influence,” warned Stratfor, a U.S.-based strategic forecasting company. The argument that improved Russian-Ukrainian relations inevitably means Kiev’s loss of sovereignty and departure from its Western orientation is misguided. On the contrary, good relations with Russia would bring Ukraine closer to realizing its Orange dreams. Read the story here.