US ties in Ukraine hinge on vote
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When police, citing safety reasons, halted the first bus of supporters on their way to a rally for a popular opposition presidential candidate, Oleksiy Kozachenko was annoyed.
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Ukrainians have begun voting for a new president in a closely-watched repeat election between the pro-Western frontrunner Viktor Yushchenko and the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovich.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament is to hold key votes on Tuesday that could pave the way to a snap election, ending a two-month political crisis in this ex-Soviet republic.
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Like so many other Ukrainian nationals in the United States, Oksana Mikhalyuk traveled to the consulate office in New York in late 2004 not once, not twice, but three times to vote for the next president of ...
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KIEV - Ukrainians went to the polls on Sunday in a knife-edge presidential election fraught with East-West rivalries and judged as a âmoment of truthâ for the future of democracy in the former Soviet republic.
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Ukraine votes Sunday for a new president in a repeat election that may determine whether the strategic former Soviet republic aligns itself with Western democracies or remains in Russia&#39;s shadow.
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Ukrainians look poised to elect a  Western-leaning liberal as president as they began voting on  Sunday, overturning the result of a rigged poll last month that  pitched the ex-Soviet state into turmoil.
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The United States is holding discussions with Kiev on the issue of the forthcoming inauguration of the Ukrainian president.
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The United States will send 100 observers to Ukraine for this month's scheduled presidential election, a rerun of voting that Ukraine's top court had found illegitimate.
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A flood of foreign observers is expected for the Dec. 26 rerun of the presidential vote. KIEV, UKRAINE - Both sides are declaring victory and insisting they&#39;re looking forward to a fresh - but this time
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After a tense campaign superheated by allegations of fraud and official interference, Ukraine's weekend presidential election shapes up as a stern test of the ex-Soviet republic's democracy &#151; and whether the country will move closer to Russia's sphere of influence.
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Ukrainians are preparing for a presidential election that is being seen as a watershed decision as to whether the country should draw closer to Russia or the West.
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Eastern Europe&#39;s largest country outside of Russia stands at a crossroads this weekend, as voters in Ukraine decide between an autocratic leader who leans toward an increasingly autocratic Russia, or a democratic one who wants closer ties to the West.
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Ukrainian authorities vowed on Friday to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun this weekend, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the
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Supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko reconsidered plans to travel to his opponent's eastern stronghold after a tense standoff, and a U.S. congressional delegation arrived in Ukraine Saturday to press for fairness in the Dec. 26 runoff election.
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Ukraine&#39;s presidential election, offering voters a choice between deepening ties with Russia or edging closer to the West, went down to the wire on Saturday with its two contenders locked in an apparent dead-heat.
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The United States Friday welcomed the Ukrainian Supreme Court decision annulling the results of last month's presidential election and calling for a new vote.