维克托·亚努科维奇是乌克兰政坛的资深政治家,也是该国近十年来为执掌国家最高权柄而展开激烈角逐的几名老牌政客之一。在乌克兰独立后,他曾先后两次担任政府总理,却两次下野。在2004年乌克兰总统大选时,亚努科维奇曾宣布获胜,但又在“橙色革命”的抗议浪潮中被推翻下台。时隔五年后他抖擞精神,卷土重来,终于以微弱优势击败尤利娅·季莫申科,登上总统宝座,书写了一段政治传奇。 Viktor Yanukovych, a veteran politician in Ukraine’s political arena, is also one of several veteran politicians who fiercely contested the country over the past decade in charge of the country’s supremacy. After Ukraine became independent, he served twice as prime minister but twice went out of office. Yanukovych victoriously declared victory in Ukraine’s presidential election in 2004, but was overthrown in the wake of the “Orange Revolution.” After a lapse of five years, he took the plunge and made a comeback. He eventually defeated Yulia Tymoshenko with a slight advantage and boarded the presidency, writing a political legend.