Kyiv and its airwaves were flooded with Russian political advisors, slandering Yushchenko worse than any Ukrainian did. President Putin himself campaigned twice for Yanukovych in Ukraine and congratulated him twice before the forged final results had been presented, rendering him little but ridiculous.
ومن الواضح أن حذر يوشتشنكو لم يحمل روسيا على تغيير رأيها. والحقيقة أنه من النادر أن تتدخل دولة ما في انتخابات دولة أخرى على هذا النحو الأخرق.