This study provides a clear analysis of both domestic and foreign policies and security issues confronting Russias largest and most important neighbor during its first decade as an independent state. The complex interrelationship between Ukraine and Russia is analyzed, and the effects of ones policies on the direction and transformation of the other. How have relations between Kyiv and Moscow changed in the framework of a crumbling Soviet state? How does Russia influence Ukraines internal developments? What are international repercussions?