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Stop bribing Ukraine – and start helping

If the EU really cares about Kiev, it should shut the wallet and open the membership register

1 March 2014

9:00 AM

1 March 2014

9:00 AM

The last time Viktor Yanukovych was removed from power in Ukraine, following a corrupt election nearly a decade ago, it was called the Orange Revolution. This time around it should be called the Golden Revolution. Never has an episode of political upheaval been followed quite so sharply by offers of riches from abroad.

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