U.S. Money Helped Opposition in Ukraine
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The Bush administration has spent more than &#36;65 million in the past two years to aid political organizations in Ukraine, paying to bring opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko to meet U.S. leaders and helping to underwrite exit polls indicating he won last month's disputed runoff election.
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In the bloodstained post-Soviet period, feuds over money and power have often been solved by bullets or bombs. But confirmation that Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was disfigured by dioxin draws attention to suspicious cases in Russia in which poison may have been used to silence political foes and settle business scores.
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8 December 2004 -- Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko today praised thousands of cheering supporters for their weeks of protest against electoral fraud.
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The right-wing opposition 'Our Ukraine' bloc that represents the interests of Viktor Yushchenko - the main rival of Viktor Yanukovich in the presidential race, challenged the presence of the Russian singers in ...
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&quot;Things are not peaceful and quiet here. As long as the current administration is in power then we can only expect that they may forge the results,&quot; says Viktor Yushchenko, the main opposition leader.
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About $3 million in United Nations money intended to help impoverished North Koreans was diverted by the Pyongyang government toward the purchase of property in France, the United Kingdom and Canada, according to a confidential State Department account of witness reports and internal business rec...
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Ukraineâs Supreme Court gave the prime ministerâs legal team until tomorrow to study evidence of fraud presented by the opposition in last weekâs presidential election, and outgoing President Leonid Kuchma endorsed the idea of a
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&quot;There is a feeling that things are starting to swing in favour of the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, both on the streets of Kiev and in the legal and political processes which are going on behind the scenes.
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KIEV  - A U.S. development agency signed contracts worth &#36;40 million US on Monday to boost the housing industry and small business in Ukraine and said it is prepared to spend up to &#36;2 billion in the former Soviet republic, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
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Supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko reconsidered plans to travel to his opponent's eastern stronghold after a tense standoff, and a U.S. congressional delegation arrived in Ukraine Saturday to press for fairness in the Dec. 26 runoff election.
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Supporters of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko look up at the stage during a mass rally in Kiev, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004.
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Ukraine's Western-leaning opposition leader warned of massive fraud aimed at handing victory to his pro-Russian rival in this weekend's presidential vote as Washington urged Kiev to respect democracy.
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KIEV, DEC 25: Everyone wants a bite of Ukraineâs âorange revolutionâ. Be it religion, scarves, hats or mugs, Ukraineâs outpouring of disgust at Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenkoâs rival being declared
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Ukraine's opposition scored key victories Wednesday in its bid to scrap a disputed presidential election as parliament voted no confidence in the government and European-brokered talks provided momentum toward holding a new ballot.
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According to The Associated Press' Matt Kelley, America funneled $65 million into Ukraine in two years, with the money directed at dethroning the regime of President Leonid Kuchma, defeating his prime minister ...
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President Bush and John Kerry have accepted &#36;75 million each in government financing for their campaigns for the White House but tens of millions more will be spent by the parties and partisan interest groups to influence the race.
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Viktor Yanukovych (yah-noo-KOH'-vich) claims that Americans financed his rival's presidential campaign.