First of all, why are the names spelled so strangely in this blog? It should be Timoshenko and Yanukovich -- at least that's how they're written in Russian -- Тимошенко, Янукович.

I too was surprised recently after looking at the map and finding Ukraine bigger than Germany.
It is the largest whole-Europe country and the second largest country in Europe (after the European part of Russia, before metropolitan France).[3]
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Quote Originally Posted by Johanna
I am sure Ukraine would be an asset to the EU in the long run.... Personally I would absolutely support its inclusion if Ukrainians were interested. But on the other hand there are so many historical and cultural ties to Russia. Not to mention the language. So perhaps some kind of co-operation with Russia makes more sense.
I wonder what regular people in Ukraine prefer?
I wish Russia could join the EU and NATO so that all the idiocy and confrontation over Ukraine and Georgia joining NATO and so on would stop...