Ukraine president appoints rival's ally to key post
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"We cannot head state institutions which are going to implement programmes that are not consistent with our vision of Ukraine's prospects."  Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday gave a top job to an ally of his "Orange Revolution" rival, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, but Yanukovich said he opposed the appointment. via Reuters UK
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Pressure mounted yesterday on the losing Ukrainian presidential candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, to accept defeat and allow his rival, Viktor Yushchenko, to accede power after clearly winning Sunday&#39;s run-off election.
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The leader of Our Ukraine having his course of treatment at the moment in Vienna had been secured by Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Ukraine's pro-western president must decide on Wednesday whether to accept his arch-rival as PM.
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Poland names a top presidential aide as defence minister, replacing a close ally of the US, Radek Sikorski.
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Viktor Yushchenko, to be sworn in as president Sunday, has pledged to steer Ukraine on a new course, fighting corruption and bringing the country closer to the European Union and NATO while maintaining good relations with Russia.
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Ukraine&#39;s outgoing president sought Monday to ease fears he would hinder a rerun of the fraud-ridden presidential runoff, as his allies and the opposition tentatively
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, looking  increasingly isolated in Ukraine's deepening political crisis,  offered again on Tuesday to make his opposition rival premier  if allowed to take up the presidency.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's rivals for the presidency jabbed fingers at each other and traded accusations in a heated televised debate yesterday, as opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accused his rival of stealing the November runoff election and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych urged the formation of a unity government.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin yesterday nominated a longtime associate who is a largely anonymous figure to be the country's new prime minister, scrambling predictions about who will be the Kremlin-backed candidate in next March's presidential election.
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Ukrainians on Sunday choose a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state&#39;s prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.
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Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko named his fiery, populist ally as prime minister Monday during a visit to Moscow, a move that upstaged his fence-mending meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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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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Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has signed a resolution appointing Oleksandr Didenko the country's first deputy economy minister for European integration affairs.
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Ukraine's new president elect, Viktor Yushchenko, will be sworn in as president on Sunday, January 23.
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NEW YORK, December 5 (Itar-Tass) - Ukrainian oppositionist leader and self-proclaimed president Viktor Yushchenko told NBC television Sunday he views Russia as Ukraineâs strategic partner.