Mr Yanukovich has been equally keen to demarcate the boundaries of Ukraine's business interests.

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Yet if one could not precisely demarcate the limits of gay culture, there was no question that it existed.

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To demarcate his shop, he recycled an old street banner for shade and he uses the patio wall as a service counter.

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In April, almost 20 years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, Russia agreed to demarcate its land (though not its sea) border with Ukraine.

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