Upon winning the Ukraine's recent poll and the legal tussle soon after, Viktor Yanukovych, the opposition leader is due to be inaugurated as the country's new president on Feb 25. However, his electoral opponent, Prime Minister, Mrs Yulia Tymoshenko, says Yanukovych won through fraud and refuses to recognize his victory. International observers have said the election was conducted fairly. The electoral officials have now counted all the ballots, and say Yanukovych won by a margin of 3.48%.

Going by the poll trends in new post-communist Russia for years now, one can safely conclude that most Russians are proud of their “Russian” identity as a former super power and consider Russia's stability as the most important agenda of Russia, in preference to any other aspect of the society. Neither economic inequalities nor rising prices worry them much and all that they seek is a strong Russia.