By CKR
It looks like the earlier reports that the US was urging Yanukovich's selection were in error. (Or was that a trial balloon floated by Donald Rumsfeld?)
Colin Powell has made a strong statement that the election should be investigated. (Reuters story) This is more like the role America played in the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Bush has been quite passive in his relationships with Moscow. Will he now disavow Powell's statement, as he has others? We know that Powell is a lame duck.