World Affairs Journal: Yanukovych turns West

What is one to make of President Viktor Yanukovych’s recent entry into the ranks of the English-language commentariat? First he shocks the world with the announcement on August 16th that his book, Opportunity Ukraine, will be published by Vienna’s Mandelbaum Verlag on the twentieth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, August 24th. Then, while we’re all still reeling, he goes ahead and publishes a piece called “Ukraine’s Future Is With the European Union” in the August 25th Wall Street Journal. What’s next? An appearance on Leno?

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