European Union and the US
The EU has made it clear that they would not recognize the results of the election. All 25 member countries of the EU have summoned their ambassadors from Ukraine in order to register a sharp protest against what is seen as election fraud.
The United States government has also decided not to recognize the election, and has expressed dissatisfaction with the current situation Prominent former Cold War hawk Zbigniew Brzezinski casts the election as an opposition to renewed Russian imperialism:
"Russia is more likely to make a break with its imperial past if the newly independent post-Soviet states are vital and stable. Their vitality will temper any residual Russian imperial temptations. Political and economic support for the new states must be an integral part of a broader strategy for integrating Russia into a cooperative transcontinental system. A
sovereign
Ukraine is a critically important component of such a policy, as is support for such strategically pivotal states as
Azerbaijan
and
Uzbekistan
."
