We
can start criticizing (or thanking, depending on your perspective of this
situation) Russia
for overshadowing Ukraine's
politics for many many years. Russia
should stop "taking care" of its neighboring nations, and start to
fix their own internal problems. Because of their continuous involvement in the
Ukraine's
government, people like Yushchenko got sick of how his country was ruled by
foreign nation. It is interesting to point out that people like Yushchenko
rised to politics, because Russia's
continued involvement in Ukraine.
Bottom line, Russia
created the situation that began and ended this whole election chaos.
Oh yes. Russia
and the "conservative" Ukraine
party members saw Yushchenko as a big threat as he ran for President. They
did every dirty trick to get him off the seat. From rigging the election rules
to poisoning him, they did their best to weaken or kill the opposition leader.
Sorry guys! The rest of the world is not too stupid to know that there is a
problem in the election. And thanks to various technologies, the poison
couldn't kill Yushchenko that easily, not to mention the news story of the
election spreading around the world.
Many European nation, as well as United
States,
voiced their criticisms of the election. That pressure was enough for the Ukraine's
Supreme Court to void the election and start a new clean one. The
"Western" influence had a major impact of changing the whole
situation in favor of the opposition party.
So the results of various foreign influence? Well, I think Yushchenko is going
to win his President seat. (according to the exit poll results)
Good luck Ukraine!