Financial Times editorial: Political conviction
In an Oct. 12 editorial, the Financial Times writes:"Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s president, says he has made a strategic choice to integrate his country more closely with Europe, rather than succumb to the velvet promises of an iron-fisted Russia. Yet the conviction to seven years in prison of his bitter political foe, Yulia Tymoshenko, takes the country a big step further away from achieving this goal."
Yet despite this latest in a "string of disturbing developments" in Ukraine, the Financial Times argues that "the European Commission, about to conclude negotiations on a wide-ranging free trade agreement with Ukraine," can not"ignore the strategic importance of bringing this pivotal buffer between Europe and Russia firmly into the western fold."
Yet despite this latest in a "string of disturbing developments" in Ukraine, the Financial Times argues that "the European Commission, about to conclude negotiations on a wide-ranging free trade agreement with Ukraine," can not"ignore the strategic importance of bringing this pivotal buffer between Europe and Russia firmly into the western fold."
