Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Such blindness looks silly and pathetic
The Presidential election in Ukraine has shown something that eyewitnesses have been talking about for a while, namely, that Ukrainian national-chauvinists account for a fringe minority (2%). Voters in Ukraine’s east, west, and south want a normal, calm life and, hence, vote for those who, in their opinion, can deliver just that. Nor are they generally negative towards Russia. That Petr Poroshenko has significant business interests in Russia did not prevent voters, including in western Ukraine from helping to install him as President.