It is undoubtedly due to the balanced and rigorous policies favoured by President Kuchma it has been possible to maintain a balance in this difficult situation and that it was even possible to make some gains in terms of external policy.
Det er sikkert også præsident Kutjmas fortjeneste på grund af hans velafbalancerede og konsekvente politik, at det lykkedes at holde denne problematiske situation i balance, og at det endda lykkedes at opnå et udenrigspolitisk spillerum.