MOSCOW—The dramatic collapse on Saturday of the authority of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine looks like a major reversal for the Kremlin, pulling Russia’s southern neighbor toward Europe just weeks after it appeared Moscow had succeeded in drawing Kiev back into its embrace.
“This is a major defeat,” said a senior Kremlin adviser, adding that the events of the last 24 hours bitterly remind Russian officials of the 2004 Orange Revolution, when Mr. Yanukovych saw his fraud-tainted election…
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