Putin, Kuchma Oppose Quick Re-Run of Ukraine Vote
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma gained Vladimir Putin&#39;s backing Thursday against calls for a quick re-run of the last round of the disputed presidential election the opposition is certain it would win.
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KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine&#39;s two presidential candidates faced off yesterday in a televised debate before a rerun of their disputed election, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his rival of vote-stealing while Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych
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Ukrainian authorities have vowed to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the outcome.
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Opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday his refusal to hold television debates ahead of a March 2 election showed the ballot was a farce.
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A ruling by Ukraine's constitutional court has cast a cloud over today's presidential election rerun, with supporters of the pro-Western opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, claiming that the government may ...
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KIEV -- President Leonid Kuchma won crucial political support yesterday from President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who sided with him in rejecting an opposition demand to rerun the presidential runoff held 11 days ago.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin injected himself directly into the election crisis in this former Soviet republic Thursday, strongly attacking the opposition's central demand for a new presidential runoff and cautioning the West against getting too involved.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiralling crisis that threatens to split this former Soviet republic between the pro-Russia east and European-leaning west.
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Ukraine's outgoing leader Leonid Kuchma says only a new vote can end the crisis over the presidential poll.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma blamed the two candidates vying for Ukraine's presidency for a bitter election campaign that has left this ex-Soviet republic deeply divided on the eve of Sunday's rerun vote.
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia criticised the United States unusually sharply yesterday, suggesting that its stand on the Ukrainian election crisis could be intended to destabilise his country.
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KIEV: Ukraine&#39;s pro-West opposition insisted yesterday it would not accept reforms to strip much of the presidency&#39;s powers ahead of a rerun presidential election that its leader Viktor Yushchenko is hopeful he will win.
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Ukraine&#39;s president and prime minister said yesterday they support a rerun of the country&#39;s sharply contested presidential election, even as the Supreme Court began hearing a request that it rule the vote invalid.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned that Ukraine's crisis over last week's disputed presidential election must be solved without foreign pressure &#151; even as European envoys returned to Kiev for a second round of mediation.
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UKRAINEâS opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, was last night heading for victory in a re-run of a presidential election that has polarised the nation and rekindled Cold War-style rivalry between Russia and the West.
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine&#39;s outgoing President Leonid Kuchma accused the opposition Saturday of reneging on compromise agreements and called for quick foreign mediation of his nation&#39;s post-election political crisis.
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Ukraine&#39;s defiant opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, insisted yesterday that a new presidential election must be held soon to rectify Sunday&#39;s