Ms Tymoshenko avoids the sensitive issue of making Russian a second official language and no longer pushes for early entry into NATO, opposed by the south and east.

• 季莫申科避开了敏感的话题，例如把俄语作为第二官方语言，不在过早的争取加入被南部和东部选民所反对的北太平洋公约组织，和绝大多数的同胞一样，她相信乌克兰的未来在欧盟。