Putin Finally Congratulates Ukraine's Yushchenko
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday on becoming leader  of Ukraine, nearly a month after a re-run presidential election  in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor.
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Ukraine's Viktor Yushchenko marked Ukraine's unity on the eve of his presidential inauguration, as US President George W. Bush congratulated him with victory and Europe gave a cautionary nod of approval to his pro-Western plans.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an  unprecedented television appearance in neighboring Ukraine days  before presidential elections, endorsing the record of the  prime minister, one of two top candidates.
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Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in Sunday as president of Ukraine, completing his "Orange Revolution" after weeks of political turmoil in which he defeated the Kremlin-backed candidate at the polls and survived a mysterious poisoning plot.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has no objection to Ukraine joining the European Union.
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Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko shows a victory sign during a celebration rally at the Independence Square in Kiev, Dec.
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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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President Vladimir Putin gave his seal  of approval for Russia's crucial backing of the Kyoto Protocol,  clearing the way for the U.N. environment pact aimed at curbing  global warming to come into force early next year.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in  as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of turmoil  and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to edge closer to  Europe while upholding traditional links with Russia.
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The end of weeks of political turmoil in Ukraine was in sight after the pro-Europe Viktor Yushchenko was officially declared the winner of a re-run presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of the "orange revolution" hero.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new Western-leaning  leader Viktor Yushchenko was close to taking power at last on  Monday, but an eleventh-hour bid by his opponent to challenge  last month's election held up a final declaration of the  winner.
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Democracy seems to have been successfully employed somewhere in the worldâthe Ukraine âas Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has declared victory in Ukraine âs presidential election.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he has no problem working with Ukrainian presidential challenger Viktor Yushchenko if he wins the repeat elections on Dec. 26.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday congratulated the veterans and compatriots on the 60th anniversary of Ukraine's liberation from fascist occupiers that is going to be marked on October 28.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin, who had publicly endorsed Mr Yushchenko's opponent, Viktor Yanukovich, kept silent - in sharp contrast to the November 21 vote when he rushed to congratulate Mr Yanukovich ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will work with whoever is elected by the people of Ukraine to lead the country. Only days after mocking a call for a new presidential