充满裂痕的国家--2004年乌克兰总统选举危机产生原因的综合分析及反思

2004年10月31日乌克兰举行了独立以来的第四次总统大选,这场选举被普遍认为是1991年以来东欧地区进行的最敏感的总统选举。亲西方的总统候选人尤先科和亲俄罗斯的亚努科维奇展开了激烈的竞争。由选举结果引发的争议在乌克兰引起了严重的政治危机。这场危机的产生不仅仅是很多人所认为的那样单纯是东西方地缘政治争夺的结果,同时它也是乌克兰国内历史、经济、宗教等因素综合作用的结果。

A Country Full of Rifts ction

The fourth presidential election of Ukraine after its independence was held on October 31,2004.This election was universally regarded as the most sensitive one in East Europe since 1991.The pro-west candidate Yushchenko and the pro-Russia candidate Yanukovych carried out extremely heated competition.The controversial result of the election led to serious political crisis in Ukraine,which arose not only from the simple result of the geopolitical struggle between the western countries and the eastern ones as many people think but also from the comprehensively effected result of history,economy and religions in Ukraine.