Yushchenko faces battle in east
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Viktor Yushchenko, apparent victor in Ukraine&#39;s presidential poll, risks stiff resistance if he neglects Russian-speaking eastern areas that largely opposed him, a top official in his rival&#39;s camp said.
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Once again, the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favors closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a
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KIEV -- Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko took the so-called Orange Revolution on the road yesterday, piling into cars and buses for a 10-day odyssey to spread their message beyond the capital, targeting eastern provinces largely hostile to their candidate.
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Ukraine's presidential rivals both stumped for votes in this eastern industrial city, a key swing constituency where liberal intellectuals compete for influence with some of the country's most entrenched business interests.
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Ukraine's two presidential contenders scheduled campaign trips to the same eastern city on Friday, raising fears of more tension ahead of the Dec. 26 repeat of their fraud-marred runoff. Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hinted his rival was trying to disrupt the vote.
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KIEV -- A convoy of supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko moved deeper yesterday into the hostile eastern strongholds of his rival, who has ignored their requests for safe passage.
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko warned on Friday the authorities of possible violence during the Sunday elections.
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Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian opposition leader who is suffering from dioxin poisoning, is preparing to press on to victory in a re-run of the rigged presidential election.
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Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition leader who is expected to become president when Ukraine returns to the polls on December 26, on Friday warned the country&#39;s
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KIEV: Ukraine&#39;s Viktor Yushchenko may be the toast of Western capitals but he will have a tricky balance to maintain between the West and big neighbour Russia if, as expected, he wins the re-run of a rigged election next Sunday.
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Reformer Viktor Yushchenko, whose victory in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election was all but assured Monday despite his opponent&#39;s threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia
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The rivals in the on-going feud over Ukraine's disputed presidential election have accused each other of bringing the country to the edge of disaster.
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Special forces loyal to Ukraine&#39;s leader Viktor Yushchenko headed for the capital Saturday, raising fears of violence as a feud between the ex-Soviet state&#39;s president and prime minister deepened.
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Ukraine edged a little closer toward a break-up Sunday as a powerful eastern region backing the Moscow-backed prime minister in a disputed election for president set a December referendum on autonomy.
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A meeting in the east of the country - power base of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych - is to discuss autonomy. Mr Yanukovych&#39;s rival for the presidency, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, says this threatens the future of Ukraine.
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KIEV : Ukrainians were to vote Sunday for a new president in a bitterly-fought election that could redraw the map of Europe as this strategic former Soviet republic chooses between a Western path and Moscow&#39;s orbit.
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Addressing the challenge of a political east/west split will be a top priority for a Yushchenko presidency, experts say.