Ukraine-Type Crisis Brews in Abkhazia
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An opposition leader is preparing to swear himself in as president in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia two months after a disputed election, defying Moscow in a situation that threatens to present the Kremlin with another Ukraine-type crisis.
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Russian and Western leaders are sharply at odds over the country's election crisis.
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Foreign mediators are to join efforts to resolve Ukraine's deepening political crisis, sparked by a fiercely-disputed presidential vote which has polarised the former Soviet republic along pro-Western and pro-Russian lines.
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Major events related to the Ukrainian election crisis:
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KYIV, Ukraine (CP) - Ukraine's opposition grew bolder Thursday in the political crisis that has brought throngs of protesters into the capital's streets, calling a national strike and relishing a court order to hold off official publication of presidential election results.
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KALAMAZOO--A power struggle between pro-western candidate Viktor Yushchenko and his pro-eastern counterpart, Viktor Yanukovich, is cited most often as the underlying cause for the election crisis in Ukraine.
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A political crisis gripped a bitterly divided Ukraine as the pro-West opposition planned more mass demonstrations to protest a contested presidential vote claimed by the Russia-friendly prime minister.
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Three envoys fly to Ukraine on Friday to try to resolve the crisis triggered by opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's campaign to overturn presidential election results he says are fraudulent.
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A major eastern province of Ukraine called a referendum on autonomy yesterday in response to the impasse over a disputed presidential election, and the opposition demanded that
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International mediators are heading for Ukraine in a fresh attempt to break the deadlock brought about by the disputed presidential elections.
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Ukraineâs outgoing President Leonid Kuchma today accused the opposition of reneging on compromise agreements and called for quick foreign mediation of his nationâs post-election political crisis.
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Ukraine entered its third week of political crisis with a new deadlock, as the opposition clashed with the ruling regime over changing the constitution ahead of a new runoff presidential vote ordered by the supreme court.
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Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia re-runs October's disputed  presidential election.
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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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President Leonid Kuchma called for ne- gotiations among all sides in Ukraine&#39;s spiraling political crisis yesterday, hours after the opposition leader declared himself the
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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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A tense standoff has gripped Ukraine after its pro-Russia prime minister won the presidential election and the opposition mounted massive protests to contest results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged.