The elusive ex-president

Yanukovich failed to appear in public last Friday, sending an open letter to the Ukrainians instead calling for regional referenda.

Some time between his first and second press-conferences in exile, there were reports of his death, then speculation that his double appeared at the second TV event – a predictable foray into March-hare territory followed by a retreat, that is a rumor that he had undergone cardiac stenting and was recovering. Last Thursday, there were “reports” that Yanukovich had flown from his new $54-mln residence near Moscow to Roston-on-Don – but he only sent that letter.

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  1. I’m surprised that Yanukovich still figures in Russia’s vision of Ukraine’s future at all. Maybe it shows what limited options Putin has as far as a viable puppet goes.

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