Ukraine Turns Up Heat on Ex-Leader Kuchma
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As Ukraine's ex-President Leonid Kuchma settles into a comfortable retirement, his future is in the hands of some of his fiercest political enemies, who accuse him of misdeeds ranging from corruption to ordering the murder of a journalist.
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On Sunday, Ukrainians go to the polls to elect a new president. The campaign has been marked by accusations of dirty tricks by both sides.
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Ukraine faced yet more polemics after President Leonid Kuchma proposed holding quick new presidential elections and handing interim power to a parliament where the opposition has a strong voice as a way out of the political crisis.
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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma  gained Vladimir Putin'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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President Leonid Kuchma, bluff and given to crude talk, is not a man noted for his spirit of compromise, and his proposal of negotiations to end Ukraine's accelerating political crisis was out of character.
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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's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma accused the opposition Saturday of reneging on compromise agreements and called for quick foreign mediation of his nation's post-election political crisis.
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Accusing Viktor Yushchenko of &#39;outrageous behaviour&#39;, outgoing President Leonid Kuchma says the opposition leader&#39;s broken promises have prolonged the political crisis in Ukraine.
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Ukraine&#39;s outgoing President, Leonid Kuchma, has urged international mediators to return to Kiev as soon as possible, after parliament held an all-day special session.
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will meet outgoing President Leonid Kuchma for talks aimed at leading the country out of a political crisis sparked by the disputed election.
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The controversy involves the race between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Critics cited widespread election fraud when Yanukovych -- who was strongly supported by
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KIEV  - Ukraine&#39;s outgoing President Leonid Kuchma remained at loggerheads with the opposition after six-hour talks with European mediators over legislative changes ahead of a new presidential runoff vote ended in failure.
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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma has suggested staging a new poll to end the crisis over the disputed presidential election.
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Ukraine's election campaign heated up ahead of a December 26 rerun vote after opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko again accused the authorities of trying to poison him with dioxin.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Once again the Kremlin-backed candidate will face the opposition leader who favours closer ties with the West. But little else will ever be the same for Ukraine, where a sea of protesters decked in opposition orange have reshaped the political landscape.
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiraling crisis that threatens to break up this former Soviet republic between the pro
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Members of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's administration have begun to leave the country fearing a backlash and investigations.