John O’Sullivan: “A week ago any realistic compromise would have meant Yushchenko accepting a bogus Yanukovych victory in return for political concessions by the new administration. Today, the international success of the orange revolution has reversed the odds. With both Kuchma and the Russian foreign office accepting that new elections may be unavoidable, it may be Yanukovych who concedes to Yushchenko in return for certain assurances. “

Losers? Putin, Chirac, U.N., Annan…