Pro-Russia East of Ukraine Threatens Autonomy Moves
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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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The crisis in Ukraine is seen primarily as a political split between east and west.
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Ukraine&#39;s extremely important national elections tomorrow are causing deep concern among Canada&#39;s ethnic Ukrainian communities and, far too late, in Europe and the United States.
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Many opposition supporters prepared to leave Kiev Thursday, following parliament&#39;s adoption of electoral and constitutional changes, but others pledged to keep up
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KIEV -- The political crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election threatened yesterday to tear the nation apart as leaders of eastern provinces pressed demands bordering on separatism and opposition supporters pledged to block the outgoing president's movements if he didn't meet their demands.
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Ukrainian authorities vowed on Friday to uphold public order during a crucial presidential election rerun this weekend, but tensions mounted as the vote drew near, prompting an assurance from Russia that it would not use underhanded tactics to affect the
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MOSCOW - The political crisis in Ukraine, where opposition protesters are burning campfires and setting up tents in the center of Kiev, is presenting a test for Russia, which gambled heavily on its neighbor's presidential election.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma said he could not accept the division of Ukraine, after meeting with the regional leaders who have threatened to demand autonomy following the disputed presidential election.
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Ukraine's leap toward democracy has inspired opposition leaders in formerly Soviet Central Asia and alarmed its long-ruling autocrats, but analysts say the region isn't ready for a democratic revolution.
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Ukraineâs political crisis escalated ahead of a key court session today to probe the disputed presidential electionâs validity, with an eastern province scheduling a referendum on autonomy and the opposition threatening to tighten a blockade against
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A tense Ukraine awaited a supreme court hearing on a bitterly disputed presidential election that has split this former Soviet republic and left Moscow and Western capitals glowering at each other across a Cold War-like divide.
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Ukraine's main opposition leader, on the eve of a trip to the U.S., warned Saturday that the former Soviet republic is at risk of sliding back under the influence of Russia.Comment
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DONETSK, Ukraine  - Andriy Reshetnyak tied a Russian flag to the Ukrainian one, joining thousands of demonstrators backing a referendum on autonomy for their eastern province on Donetsk's central Lenin Square on Monday.
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The political crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election threatened yesterday to tear the nation apart as leaders of eastern provinces pressed demands bordering on separatism and opposition supporters ...
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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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The events in Ukraine have revealed serious problems in relations between Russia and the European Union. It has become obvious that declarations about building a single European home, about unified spaces
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KIEV -- A convoy of supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko moved deeper yesterday into the hostile eastern strongholds of his rival, who has ignored their requests for safe passage.