In a Sept. 21 report, James M. Gomez, Daryna Krasnolutska and Halia Pavliva write: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko swept into power five years ago at the head of an Orange Revolution that promised national revival. Now he is running fourth in polls as voters blame him for political paralysis and a collapsing economy.
The report continues: Even as he faces likely defeat in Jan. 17 elections, Yushchenko offers no regrets. He casts his rivals, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and pro-Russian leader Viktor Yanukovych, as “populist” vote-chasers and himself as a champion of unpopular truths about the need for an independent national identity.
