Ten years ago, on February 25, 2010, Viktor Yanukovych was sworn in as Ukraine’s president, and his first steps and statements mirrored those of President Leonid Kuchma’s first presidential term (1994-1999).
Mr. Yanukovych selected Mr. Kuchma’s former secretary as head of his administration and demonstrated that in foreign policy he would revive the multi-vector approach of the Kuchma era; in economics, Mr. Yanukovych appealed to populism, focusing on increases in wages and pensions.