A picture taken on May 25, 2014, shows Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko and his wife Marina posing as they vote in the presidential election in a polling station in Kiev.Western-backed tycoon Petro Poroshenko vowed on June 7, 2014 to avert civil war and mend ties with Russia after being sworn in as Ukraine's fifth post-Soviet president with the nation facing disintegration and economic collapse. Poroshenko took the oath of office one day after holding his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin since a May 25 election victory entrusted him with taming a bloody crisis that has shaken the post-Cold War order and redrawn Europe's map. AFP PHOTO/)
WHICH WAY will Ukraine turn? With Russia’s recent military aggression taking so much of the spotlight, it’s easy to forget that Ukraine’s political unrest this year began with domestic protests over a question key to the future of its 45 million people: whether to tie their fortunes more closely to Russia, or to Western Europe.
(Kyivpost)
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