Putin at Military Parade Before Tense Ukraine Poll
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stood  beside Ukraine's pro-Moscow presidential hopeful to review a  Soviet-style military spectacle, just days before a tense vote  seen as a choice between closer ties with Russia or the West.
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MILLIONS of people will be urged to take to the streets in Ukraine if officials try to rig presidential elections starting today that will decide whether the country turns its back on Russia and embraces western Europe.
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Dozens of billboards and banners backing Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych are lining the streets of Moscow ahead of Ukraine's presidential election on Oct.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Friday pursued a dogged challenge to his loss in presidential elections while Ukrainians geared up for a tumultuous New Year celebration alongside the preliminary winner.
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Ukraine's two presidential candidates call for calm on the eve of a re-run of a bitterly disputed election.
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Ukraine prepared Saturday for a knife-edge presidential election amid threats by the opposition contender to launch street protests if he is denied the leadership by cheating.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko  ordered extra troops to the capital on Saturday as he haggled  with his main rival over a date for parliamentary elections  amid a protracted political crisis.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin appears on Ukrainian TV days before the election to praise the prime minister.
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Ukraine's new West-leaning president  flew to Moscow Monday and headed straight for the Kremlin where  he was to hold delicate talks with Russian President Vladimir  Putin who had opposed his election.
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Ukraine's presidential rivals were preparing for their sole televised debate in a lightning campaign ahead of a rerun election that was set after a disputed vote sparked a political crisis in the former Soviet republic.
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Ukraine's rival leaders met to discuss the date of a parliamentary election on Saturday after President Viktor Yushchenko ordered troops from outside the capital to bolster security in Kiev.
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President Vladimir Putin, who has openly supported Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in his bid for president, will field questions live on Ukrainian television on Tuesday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an unannounced trip to Chechnya to honor the memory of the assassinated leader of the restive southern republic, one week before a scheduled vote to replace him.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stood beside Ukraine's pro-Moscow presidential hopeful to review a Soviet-style military spectacle, just days before a tense vote seen as a choice between closer ties with Russia or the West.
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Ukraine faced political turmoil on Monday  as partial results in a presidential election put the prime  minister backed by Russia in the lead, while his liberal  challenger alleged cheating and called for street protests.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet with Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma today as he continues a visit to Kyiv just days before Ukraine's presidential election.
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A tense standoff gripped Ukraine on Monday after its pro-Russia Prime Minister won the presidential runoff, with the opposition mounting massive protests to contest the results of a vote that Washington and Europe said was rigged by the state.