Viktor Yushchenko
Moscow Analyst: Yushchenko transformed Ukraine
January 19, 2010By Paul Goble Even as most Russian commentators are focusing on which of the two remaining candidates will become Ukraine’s president, one Moscow analyst is arguing that it is important to recognize that the incumbent leader, Viktor Yushchenko...
Ukraine's Election: It's On to Round Two.....
January 18, 2010By Tammy Lynch Although only 92% of the votes have been counted in the first-round of Ukraine's presidential election, it is now clear that former PM Viktor Yanukovych will head into round two with a lead over current PM Yulia Tymoshenko that boarders...
Moscow wary of Ukrainian democracy
January 18, 2010By Pavel K. Baev Russia Reflects on the Presidential Elections in Ukraine The outcome of the first round of elections in Ukraine is fairly clear, despite the usual procrastination with confirming the results, but it could have more impact on Russia...
Yushchenko apparently loses Ukrainian presidency
January 18, 2010Exit polls announced within minutes after elections ended in Ukraine indicate the country's current and former prime ministers will emerge from a field of 18 candidates to face one another in a run-off in three weeks. Incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko...
Ukrainians fear fraudulent presidential vote
January 17, 2010Hundreds of international observers fanned out in Ukraine to monitor the election and watch for signs of vote fraud Voters in Ukraine cast ballots in Sunday's presidential election amid concern that voting irregularities might taint the electoral process...
Ukrainians electing a new president (video)
January 17, 2010WATCH: Ukraine is holding its first presidential election since the 2004 Orange Revolution that swept pro-Western Viktor Yushchenko to power, but which ushered in years of turmoil. A light snow fell as Ukrainians voted today in the first presidential...
Ukrainian voters apparently unhappy with presidential candidates
January 15, 2010Ukraine holds a presidential election Sunday, but there appears to be widespread dissatisfaction among voters with incumbent President Viktor Yushchenko and his two main rivals, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych...
Ukraine Presidential Poll: Campaigning ends, Tymoshenko comes 3rd
January 15, 2010Campaigning ends today in Ukraine ahead of the January 17 presidential election. Polls show Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko trailing Viktor Yanukovych. President Viktor Yushchenko -- who beat Yanukovych in the 2004 "Orange Revolution" -- is...
Yushchenko and Yanukovych enter a secret power sharing agreement before elections
January 05, 2010By Taras Kuzio On December 25, 2009 UNIAN published a secret agreement “On Political Reconciliation and the Development of Ukraine” leaked by Yaroslav Kozachok, the deputy head of the presidential secretariat’s department on domestic...
- December 17, 2009
By Tammy Lynch Following the December 7 failure of Moldova’s ruling parliamentary coalition to elect a president, it now appears the opposition Communist Party (CPRM) may be showing its first public cracks. These cracks have been expected since...
