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August 08, 2006

Yanukovych To Visit Russia This Month

Viktor Yanukovych (right) with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his failed bid for the Ukrainan presidency in 2004 (epa)

August 8, 2006 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk said Ukraine's newly appointed prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, is planning a visit to Russia later this month.


Yanukovych was named prime minister by his rival, President Viktor Yushchenko, on August 3 after a four-month political struggle to form a government.


(Interfax)
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