Blue &Yellow: Politics and Economics in Ukraine

“Transdniestria will remain independent and not become part of Ukraine,” she said. Suggestions to the contrary are “provocations” by Yuliya Timoshenko in order to cast doubt on “the political and diplomatic successes of Viktor Yanukovich in order to destabilize the situation in the country.”

But Filin concludes, her words are less than fully convincing, all the more because the Verkhovna Rada has already discussed the procedure that would have to be followed for places like Transdniestria to join Ukraine. Indeed, he says, the Ukrainian deputies have come up with a slogan: ‘Transdniestria – the First Stage of a New Pereyaslavska Rada’ – neither more nor less!”

Paul Globe's post about a possible deal by Ukraine and Russia on Transdniestraia. A bizarre idea considering the kind of signal it would send to the United States and Western Europe: a re-consolidation of territories by Russia. Perhaps it was discussed, Yanukovych seems to be willing to listen to Russia's ideas.