Forecast of Russian-Ukrainian relations

Writing about his vision of the future of the relations between Russia and Ukraine after the second round of the presidential election in Ukraine-2010 in his article "Ukraine after the election", the known Russian political analyst Alexander Dugin says that purely theoretically there are 4 possible variants for such relations.

One of the four variants presumes that Ukraine would start orienting mainly at Russia, while strengthening the relations with the European Union in parallel. It would also refrain from functioning as the sanitary corridor, would join the United Economic Area, and would stop exerting pressure on the Russian language along with canceling canonization of the nazis. These expectations, says the analyst further, are theoretically associated with Yanukovich.

In the past Alexander Dugin was known for his anti-soviet opinions. Currently he is a resolute advocate of close alliance between the post-soviet Slavic states. He has been announced persona non grata in Ukraine for the period 2006 through 2011. Though the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn't provide explanations for the sanctions of the sort, it may be concluded that Alexander Dugin was announced persona non grata in Ukraine because, according to Ukrayinska Pravda, "in 2006 he again questioned the sovereignty and integrity of the Ukrainian state".

Forecast Of Relations Between Russia and Ukraine 2010

The member of the Parliament of the Russian Federation Sergey Markov predicts what will happen with Russian-Ukrainian relations if Viktor Yanukovich becomes new Ukrainian President:

"If Victor Yanukovich is elected President, we will face the most complicated negotiations, because he represents the interests of the Ukrainian economy. But those will be the negotiations about collaboration".

Further Mr. Markov specified: "We believe we'll have complicated negotiations about cooperation in the field of aviation and outer space technologies. But we are not going to sease the relations, contrary to what did the mad Yushchenko. We are going to collaborate. Besides that we are going to negotiate the terms of mutual construction of the atomic power electricity generating stations both here and across the whole world. But those will be negotiations about how to work close together instead of how to disrupt the relations between the two nations."