George O. Liber: Why Ukraine’s May 25 election is so important
Ukraine's May 25 elections are critical in understanding why tensions between Russia and Ukraine have escalated over the past two weeks. When the three European Union foreign ministers negotiated the agreement ending the violence between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the leaders of the political opposition on Feb. 21, they moved the February 2015 presidential election to the fall of 2014, after the ratification of a new constitution.