Ukraine: Yanukovych's Foreign, Domestic Policies; Mezhyhirye Residence

Ukrainiana and Foreign Notes comment on the news that Ukraine's President Victor Yanukovych has finally shown some of his Mezhyhirya residence to a few select journalists from major Ukrainian TV channels. Donetsk-based journalist Aleksey Matsuka writes for OpenDemocracy.net about life and politics in the home region of Yanukovych's Party of the Regions (PoR). Alexander J. Motyl of Ukraine's Orange Blues writes about waning support for Yanukovych in Luhansk region, one of PoR's strongholds. Democratist writes about the current regime's approach to the Ukrainian-EU relations.

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