President Bush is considering a visit to Ukraine this month to express his disapproval of Russia’s faltering democratic reforms in advance of his visit to St. Petersburg next month.
A senior administration official told The Examiner that a trip to Kiev is contingent on formation of a coalition government by Ukraine’s Orange reform movement. That would clear the way for Bush to deliver a high-profile speech on democracy on June 21 and perhaps give his blessing to NATO accession talks for the former Soviet state.
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