Is There Life Under President Yanukovych?

The Economist has great article "Life under Yanukovych" about the local elections in Ukraine. Here is a link to the article. And here is a link to my opinion. The article is very optimistic. Its central message is the following: given the elections are falsified, President Yanukovych cannot lead Putin's policy because, "unlike Russia, Ukraine does not have enough resource to carry on without reform." I strongly disagree.