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President Yanukovych imagined himself as the savior of the country from NATO. That's why he extended the lease, allowing the Russian fleet to remain in the Crimea. While he is there, to join NATO country can not, writes Anna 's in the British Open Democracy . Get huge traffic with register bz services
When the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has conducted his campaign, he promised that the country will not join any military bloc, and that its neutrality would be sanctified by law. But in Ukraine there is no tradition to fulfill campaign promises, so that the commentators do not take these words seriously.

"He has no idea what a military neutrality and what it would cost the country", - commented on the military analysts, and I was in their words of consolation. As an example, they refer to Switzerland: the country spends annually on defense for 6-7 billion dollars. In Ukraine, the entire budget is only one billion.

And though the new President, in his youth was in charge of depots, had never handled cases of Defence, he quickly realized: Ukraine - not Switzerland. And while Yanukovych invented their own recipe for ensuring the neutrality of Ukraine - Russia to guarantee the right to the military base in the Crimea. By signing the agreement with Russia that allows the Russian navy is allowed to remain in Ukraine until 2042, Yanukovych has established a time period during which Ukraine will maintain military neutrality of NATO in exchange for military dependence on Russia.