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Ukraine's leaders start ringing in the new year Party of Regions presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych has stated his belief that Ukrainians will live better in 2010.
Dec 31, 2009 at 21:12
Court dismisses Yanukovych's suit against Tymoshenko concerning unsanctioned election funds Kyiv's Administrative Court of Appeal has dismissed a suit by leader Regions Party presidential nominee Viktor Yanukovych against rival candidate and current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the press service of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYT) reported.
Dec 31, 2009 at 19:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych believes Ukrainians will live better in 2010 Party of Regions presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych has stated his belief that Ukrainians will live better in 2010.
Dec 31, 2009 at 19:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
Poll: 17 percent of Ukrainians are certain that presidential election results will be falsified Seventeen percent of Ukraine's voters are sure that the results of the presidential election in Ukraine will be falsified, and another 35% believe that such a falsification may possibly occur, according to a new poll.
Dec 31, 2009 at 18:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yushchenko hopes 2010 will become a year of economic revival, national accord and unity Presidential candidate and incumbent Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has wished his compatriots blessing, good health, optimism for 2010.
Dec 31, 2009 at 16:57 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko: Ukraine to become European leader, jewel Ukraine has survived a critical year and will soon be listed among European leaders, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said in New Year greetings.
Dec 31, 2009 at 14:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine opinion polls put Yanukovych in lead Ukrainian ex-prime minister Victor Yanukovych is favoured to beat Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a run-off for president, according to the last opinion polls to be published before the first-round Jan. 17 election.
Dec 31, 2009 at 13:39 | Reuters
Turkish Weekly: Yushchenko's conspiracy to become premier after polls exposed A senior official at Ukraine's secretariat published a secret deal pledging current leader Victor Yushchenko the post of premier if opposition leader Victor Yanukovych wins presidential polls. Read the story here.
Dec 31, 2009 at 11:14
Uzhgorod mayor: We should declare war on Somali Uzhgorod Mayor Serhiy Ratushnyak, a candidate in Ukraine's presidential election scheduled for Jan. 17, issued a press release on Dec. 30 calling on President Victor Yushchenko to declare war on Somali.
Dec 30, 2009 at 19:55
Tymoshenko blames central bank, gas trade for country's woes The Cabinet of Ministers has called off its plan to re-capitalize Kyiv-based Nadra Bank because the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) won't allow the bank to be administered by a Cabinet-appointed official, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

"[The NBU] does not want to appoint a manager from the Cabinet [at the bank], so we decided to take [depositors from the bank] to Rodovid Bank, [which is already under the Cabinet's control]," she said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Dec 30, 2009 at 19:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian Journal: Poll: Yanukovych Ukraine’s next president Ukraine’s opposition leader Victor Yanukovych will most likely defeat Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the runoff vote to become the country’s next president, the latest opinion poll suggested Dec. 29. Ukrainians will go to polling stations on Jan. 17, 2010 to pick the next president, but the runoff between the two most popular candidates will probably be required on Feb. 7. Read the story here.
Dec 30, 2009 at 17:54
Yushchenko wants to switch to majoritarian voting system for all local elections Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has introduced a bill in parliament proposing a switch to a majoritarian system for all local and provincial (oblast) governing councils (Rada's), as well as the election of Crimean parliament deputies.
Dec 30, 2009 at 15:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Financial Times: Putin criticizes Ukraine oil tariff demands Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister, accused Ukraine of “abuse” even as Moscow and Kiev resolved an oil transit dispute on Tuesday, averting a potential disruption in supplies.

The brief spat had set off alarm bells in European capitals following the natural gas dispute last January, which had left many Europeans confronting winter temperatures without heat.

Read the entire article here.
Dec 29, 2009 at 21:54
SOCIS poll: Yanukovych has 12% lead over Tymoshenko in potential run-off Regions Party leader Victor Yanukovych leads incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a hypothetical second round matchup of the Ukrainian presidential election by a margin of 12.3%, according to a survey carried out by the SOCIS Center for Social and Marketing Research.
Dec 29, 2009 at 17:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko on Our Ukraine: "They have about seven presidential candidates" A new parliamentary majority in the Verkhovna Rada could be formed a few weeks after the end of the presidential election in the country, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.
Dec 29, 2009 at 16:36 | Interfax-Ukraine