Ukraine is in political crisis again. Is there a way out? THE tents and flags are back in Independence Square; shots of the crowd again beam from giant screens to make them feel strong. The tactics are borrowed from the orange revolution...

Viktor loses the spoils The birth-pangs of democracy, or an unseemly power struggle? WHEN Ukraine emerged from the dying Soviet Union there were some, especially in Russia, who said its independence was provisional, and its destiny was to be swallowed up...