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inevitable: Tymoshenko was booted out of her job as prime minister, and a Yanukovych ally, Mykola Azarov, replaced her. And Yanukovych put a smile on Putin's face by quickly recalibrating Ukraine's policy toward Russia. In April 2010, after a bitter parliamentary debate, Ukraine extended Russia's lease on the naval base at Sevastopol, set to expire in 2017, until 2042. Putin responded in a totally predictable way: He reduced the price of Russian natural gas to Ukraine. Two months later,
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