KIEV, February 23 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian...

Earlier today, EU sources were quoted by the Kommersant-Ukraine paper as saying Yanukovych would visit Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, on March 1.

In his congratulatory message to Yanukovych on February 11, EU President Herman van Rompuy invited the president-elect to Brussels "at the earliest opportunity."

The Kremlin said on Saturday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had invited Yanukovych to Moscow during the first ten days of next month.

"We"ll have to wait and see what the president says will be more useful and important for the country," Anna German was quoted as saying by the Unian news agency.

The destination for Yanukovych"s first trip abroad as president of the former Soviet republic is likely to be afforded particular symbolic importance given his election campaign pledge to mend ties with Russia.

Relations with Moscow have been soured in recent years by pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko"s bid to take Ukraine

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