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Agence France-Presse: Tymoshenko accuses rival Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Sunday accused her pro-Russian rival in next week's presidential poll run-off, Viktor Yanukovich, of preparing to take power by force.
Jan 31, 2010 at 19:22
RT: Tymoshenko: Hit men getting ready to seize power in Ukraine Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has accused her opponent Viktor Yanukovich of trying to seize power in the country and promised to stop him from winning the election by any means, informs Interfax.
Jan 31, 2010 at 16:48
Ynet News: Netanyahu delays decision on canceling visa requirement for Ukrainian tourists In opposition to attorney general's professional opinion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses clear support for canceling visa requirement for tourists from Ukraine, says will create thousands of jobs, but postpones making decision by one week.
Jan 31, 2010 at 14:53
RIA Novosti: Congo court acquits Russian, Ukrainians from Island of Luck ship The court of Kinshasa in the Congo has acquitted seven Ukrainians and one Russian detained as part of an investigation into a murder, the Ukrainian foreign minister said Saturday.
Jan 31, 2010 at 11:12
Wall Street Journal blog: Yanukovych: Let them call me The nerves must be getting to them.

In a teleconference lunch hosted by the Ukrainian delegation at the World Economic Forum, both of the candidates in next weekend’s presidential runoff fluffed their lines embarrassingly. Viktor Yanukovych, currently leading the opinion polls, promised — if elected — to devote himself slavishly “to the social and economic development of our country through 2010,” rather than 2015, when the term of next week’s winner expires.
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Jan 31, 2010 at 11:11
ITAR-TASS: Bandera’s effigy, his order, decree making him hero burned in Odesa LVOV, January 30 (Itar-Tass) -- An effigy of Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, his order of the Hero of Ukraine and the presidential decree awarding him this title were burned in Odessa on Saturday by activists protesting against the glorification of the Nazi henchman.
Jan 30, 2010 at 22:43
ITAR-TASS: New election technology tested in Ukraine A new election technology has been tested in Odessa where a representative of the seaport gave presidential candidate, Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko a certificate for 20,000 votes.
Jan 30, 2010 at 20:26
RT: Jews outraged by Yushchenko’s praising of nationalists Earlier Russian Jews have called the declaration of controversial nationalist leader Stepan Bandera a Hero of Ukraine “a provocation promoting the rehabilitation of Nazi crimes” and “a challenge to the civilized world.”
Jan 30, 2010 at 19:31
ITAR-TASS: Tymoshenko not ready to resign as prime minister Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she was not ready to resign of her own free will.
Jan 30, 2010 at 19:00
ITAR-TASS: Ukraine, Moldova start border demarcation Ukraine and Moldova have begun border demarcation, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Jan 30, 2010 at 11:17
ITAR-TASS: Ukraine’s ‘orange’ government pursued policies people disliked Ukraine’s presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych appeared on television Friday evening to declare that the country’s authorities over the past five years pressed ahead with a policy an overwhelming majority of the people neither supported nor understood.
Jan 30, 2010 at 11:14
Russia Blog: Orange carnival is over Edward Lozansky writes:On the one hand the stunning defeat of Viktor Yushchenko, and by extension of the whole Orange carnival, is a welcome event for Russia and for Ukraine as well. However, one shouldn’t get too ecstatic because there is also a substantial potential danger ahead. The outgoing president leaves to his successor an economy in shambles, a devalued currency, a huge budget deficit and a national debt of over $33 billion. In addition, Yushchenko did all he could to divide the country’s population along ethnic lines by suppressing the Russian language, building memorials and presenting national awards to Nazi collaborators and mass executioners. Read the story here.
Jan 30, 2010 at 08:18
The New York Times blog: Sexing up Ukrainian politics The annual lunch hosted by Ukrainian powerbroker and philanthropist Viktor Pinchuk in Davos has often been a bellwether for the tangled politics of the huge country of 46 million sandwiched between Russia and Europe.
Jan 30, 2010 at 00:09
Moldpres Newsagency: Moldova, Ukraine launch demarcation of central border segment Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and European Integration Minister Iurie Leanca and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko today participated in a ceremony of setting the first border sign on the central segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian frontier, held in the settlement Bolshaya Koshnitsa, Yampil district, Vinnitsa region, Ukraine. Attending the event were also representatives of the EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM), the Foreign and European Integration Ministry's (MAEIE) media and public relations directorate has said.
Jan 29, 2010 at 20:52
Times Online: Future not Orange as Ukraine settles for Yanukovych repeat As Ukraine’s presidential election enters its final week of campaigning, the only orange glow appears to emanate from the fading prospects of Yuliya Tymoshenko.
Jan 29, 2010 at 20:48