Could Ukraine Become Russias Next Target?
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 15 August 2008 The former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine are allies engaged in similar attempts to establish democratic rule, to join NATO and realign themselves with the West, much to the displeasure of Russia. During the conflict in Georgia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko prohibited ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet that are engaged off the Georgian coast from returning to port on Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula without Kyiv’s official permission. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky examines how the Kremlin may react to Ukraine’s pro-Georgian and pro-Western position. In 2007, Public School Number 41 in Tbilisi was named after Mykhailo Hrushevsky, president of the short-lived Ukrainian People’s Republic in 1917 and 1918. Ukraine’s current President, Viktor Yushchenko flew to Tbilisi to join his Georgian friend and fellow head of state, Mikheil Saakashvili, in the school’s re-dedication ceremony. Both men rode to power following mass pro-democrac
