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March 2006 Ukraine Special Weapons News |
- Tymoshenko Rules Out Coalition With Pro-Russian Party RFE/RL 30 Mar 2006 -- Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko today once again ruled out joining a new Ukraine government that would also include the pro-Russian Party of Regions.
- Coalition Negotiations Continue In Ukraine RFE/RL 29 Mar 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is expected to continue consultations today on forming a new coalition government.
- Analysis: In Ukraine, 'Orange' Setback cfr.org 27 Mar 2006 -- The 2004 "Orange Revolution" brought tens of thousands into the streets to overturn a corrupt old guard, which had held sway since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
- Ukraine: Has Orange Revolution Received New Lease On Life? RFE/RL 27 Mar 2006 -- The March 26 parliamentary elections in Ukraine were won by Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions with from 27-31 percent of the vote, according to three different exit polls
- Coalition Talks Under Way In Ukraine RFE/RL 27 Mar 2006 -- Talks on forming a coalition government are under way in Kyiv after the March 26 parliamentary elections.
- Ukraine: Yanukovych Set To Win Poll, But Not Majority RFE/RL 27 Mar 2006 -- Complete preliminary results from Ukraine's parliamentary vote won't be ready until March 28.
- Pro-Russian Opposition Leads Ukraine Parliamentary Race VOA 27 Mar 2006 -- Early official results of Ukraine's parliamentary election show the party of pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has a slight lead over the other contenders, but well short of a majority.
- Ukraine: Ballot's Complexity Reflects Choices In Elections RFE/RL 26 Mar 2006 -- Election officials say turnout in today's parliamentary polls in Ukraine was approximately 60 percent
- Ukraine: Yushchenko Headed For Defeat In Parliamentary Elections RFE/RL 26 Mar 2006 -- President Viktor Yushchenko looks headed for a remarkable defeat in Ukraine's first parliamentary elections since the Orange Revolution just over a year ago
- High Turnout Reported In Ukrainian Election RFE/RL 26 Mar 2006 -- Early reports suggest voter turnout has been high in Ukraine's first parliamentary elections since the pro-Western Orange Revolution little more than a year ago.
- Ukraine Holds Parliamentary Vote VOA 26 Mar 2006 -- Polls have opened in Ukraine, where voters are casting ballots for a new 450-seat parliament.
- Ukrainians to Choose a New Parliament VOA 25 Mar 2006 -- Ukrainians will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament in a vote that could signal the speed with which the country implements Western-oriented democratic reform.
- Analysis: Moscow's Silence In The Run-up To Ukraine's Elections RFE/RL 24 Mar 2006 -- Moscow has exhibited a far different attitude during the Ukraine's parliamentary-election campaign, which wraps up on the evening of March 24, than it did during the contentious 2004 presidential election.
- Ukraine: Will Kyiv Stay On Westward Track -- Or Turn Back Toward Russia? RFE/RL 24 Mar 2006 -- Just over a year ago, tens of thousands of Ukrainians led an extended public uprising that toppled the country's entrenched, pro-Russia regime.
- Profile: Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ousted Revolution Heroine, Prepares For A Comeback RFE/RL 24 Mar 2006 -- With her striking looks and trademark wrap-over braid, 45-year-old Yuliya Tymoshenko was a galvanizing presence during the tumultuous weeks of December 2004, and a key ally of the man who would become president, Viktor Yushchenko.
- Profile: Ukrainian Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn RFE/RL 24 Mar 2006 -- Volodymyr Lytvyn is currently the chairman of the Ukrainian Popular Party, formerly the Ukrainian Agrarian Party
- Profile: Socialist Party of Ukraine's Oleksandr Moroz RFE/RL 24 Mar 2006 -- Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz may have been the biggest winner in Ukraine's Orange Revolution.
- Ukrainians Prepare to Elect New Parliament VOA 23 Mar 2006 -- Ukrainians vote for a new parliament Sunday - a critical election that could change the nation's political orientation from West to East
- Ukraine: An Endgame For The Orange Revolution? RFE/RL 23 Mar 2006 -- In addition to determining a new legislature with wider powers than those of its predecessors, Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary elections will effectively set in motion a constitutional reform transforming the country from a presidential to a parliamentary republic.
- Ukraine: Prime Minister Cautious About Coalition Government RFE/RL 18 Mar 2006 -- Ukrainians go the polls for legislative elections on March 26. According to recent polls, the opposition Party of Regions, led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, is poised to win the March 26 ballot, with 20-26 percent of support.
- Ukraine Dismisses Russian Report About CIA Prisons RFE/RL 13 Mar 2006 -- Ukrainian officials have dismissed a Russian television report that alleges that the U.S. secret service, the CIA, ran secret prisons in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian FM: Relations With US are Extraordinarily Positive VOA 10 Mar 2006 -- Ukraine's foreign minister is calling recent developments in U.S. - Ukrainian relations "extraordinarily positive."
- Ukraine: Kyiv Tightens Customs Controls On Transdniester RFE/RL 09 Mar 2006 -- On March 3, Ukraine introduced new customs rules along the Transdniestrian stretch of its border with Moldova
- Analysis: Is Ukraine's Richest Man Also Its Future Prime Minister? RFE/RL 01 Mar 2006 -- In mid-February, 40-year-old Rynat Akhmetov -- one of Ukraine's richest men by virtue of his 90-percent stake in the Donetsk-based System Capital Management Corporation (SCM) -- was interviewed on his nationwide television station, TRK Ukrayina.
