Putin to step down if Yushchenko takes the office
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One could divide the Ukrainian society into two feuding parts: pro-Russian and pro-American. It would not be a big mistake to categorize the first part as the followers of Viktor Yanukovich, whereas Yushchenko&#39;s
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who openly backed Viktor Yushchenko's rival for president of the Ukraine, said Tuesday he could work with an administration headed by the pro-Western candidate.
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Ukraine's outgoing president warns against disorder ahead of a close election to choose his successor.
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Ukraine's new president flies to Moscow Monday to spell out to an uneasy President Vladimir Putin just how far he will go in steering his country toward the West and away from its traditional partner Russia.
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Russian president willing to take on role if Dmitry Medvedev is elected to succeed him as president
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in  as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of political  turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to ease  its way out of Russia's sphere of influence.
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President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine is due to visit neighbouring Russia - just a day after his inauguration.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to appoint a new premier who is likely to become the leading candidate in an election for president next March.
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President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the secretary of his Security Council, an advisory post that in the past has served as a political springboard.
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The nomination of a low profile cabinet official to be prime minister raised questions about who might succeed President Vladimir V. Putin if he steps down.
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President Vladimir Putin's favored successor is best placed to win Russia's presidential election, a poll showed on Thursday as Putin critic Garry Kasparov pulled out of the contest.
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Ukraine&#039;s newly created pro-Russian governing coalition on Tuesday proposed a bitter rival of President Viktor Yushchenko as the next prime minister, an appointment that would mark a humiliating defeat for the president.
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Ukraine looked ahead to Western-leaning Viktor Yushchenko assuming power after he was declared president-elect, with the withdrawal of Kiev's troops from Iraq and strained relations with Russia topping the agenda.
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President Viktor Yushchenko warned that he could dissolve parliament and call new elections if Ukrainian political parties fail to form a governing coalition by the end of next week, three months after a legislative ballot.
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Viktor Yushchenko prepares to be sworn in as Ukraine's new leader, ending a bitterly fought election marathon.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would step down in 2008. Guests at a luncheon Putin attended said he told them of his plan, and that he would recommend his successor fight poverty and ensure strong ...
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President Vladimir Putin told a congress of Russia's dominant party Monday that he would agree to become prime minister if Dmitry Medvedev is elected as his successor Â and said he would not seek to make the premiership more powerful.