Ukraine Faces Split, Bloodshed, Putin Ally Says
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Russian parliamentary speaker Boris  Gryzlov said Tuesday Ukraine was headed for breakup or  bloodshed over its deadlocked presidential election.
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President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Russia could be forced to redirect its missiles towards Ukraine if Kiev joined the NATO military alliance.
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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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Russia and NATO remain split over U.S.  plans for missile defence and Kosovo independence, a senior  Russian official said on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin  prepared to meet the alliance&#39;s secretary-general.
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In 1999, President Vladimir Putin promised Russians a two-week war that would crush the separatist enemy. Instead, he has given them an endless struggle that haunts his presidency.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin has dented his prestige and squandered influence by backing the wrong side in political clashes in Ukraine and in the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, analysts say.
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Ukraine's supreme court was set to hear an opposition appeal that the presidential election was rigged in favor of pro-Moscow Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, amid threats that the country could split in two.
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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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Russian State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on Tuesday Ukraine was heading towards a breakup or bloodshed over its deadlocked presidential election, with Kiev practically paralyzed by opposition protesters for a second week.
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The governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv region called on both candidates to bow out of the Dec. 26 presidential revote. Other leaders in Russian-speaking eastern and southern Ukraine condemned the Supreme Court decision calling for the new runoff and warned the former Soviet republic was heading toward a split.
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President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country. But his tough tactics risk alienating the public support he needs, and allies abroad seem to be ignoring his pleas to crack down on Chechen separatists.
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Ukraine's victorious opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has said it will take time to rebuild relations with Russia, which backed his presidential rival.
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Member of parliament Yulia Timoshenko, a closest ally of opposition candidate for president Viktor Yushchenko, has called on Ukrainians for disobedience.
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The national security of Ukraine is in danger, according to a written statement sent to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Ukrainian parliament speaker Volodymyr Litvin by Oleksandr Zinchenko, the head of ...
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Ukraine's presidential rivals wrapped up their campaigns as tension mounted ahead of a high-stakes rerun election this weekend that has split this strategic country and revived Cold War-style sparring between Russia and the West.
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The political crisis in Ukraine marks a reality check for U.S.-Russian relations and may force President Bush to re-evaluate ties with President Vladimir Putin, his close ally in the war on terror.