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)