8 February 2005 -- Ukraine's newly appointed foreign minister, Borys Tarasyuk, suggested today that his country should use its strategic position between the expanding European Union and a resurgent Russia to become a regional leader.
8 February 2005 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko introduced the country's new security chief today and warned the security service that it should stay out of politics and commerce and concentrate on fighting corruption.
Is Yushchenko looking over Tymoshenko's shoulder? The approval of Yuliya Tymoshenko as independent Ukraine's 13th prime minister in the Verkhovna Rada on 4 February was a remarkable political show because of several big surprises for political analysts and commentators. As well as for Tymoshenko herself.
What does the future hold for Kuchma? (file photo) Ukraine is the most recent example of a president stepping down in a post-Soviet country. And, although the Ukrainian government determined the privileges and benefits that President Leonid Kuchma would have after he left office, some allies of new President Viktor Yushchenko say a criminal investigation should be launched against Kuchma. In Russia, Boris Yeltsin also left power voluntarily. Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, however, was pressured to resign. What happens to presidents after they leave office? In the first part of a two-part series, RFE/RL looks at the privileges and benefits of some post-Soviet presidents. Part 2 will look at Central Asian presidents, their retirement privileges, and possible succession scenarios.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko (file photo) After painstaking negotiations, Ukraine has a new government, headed by Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko. Although the cabinet is seen as strongly reformist, it contains some surprising choices -- including ministers previously untested in their field and openly antagonistic rivals.
Yuliya Tymoshenko(file photo) 4 February 2005 -- Viktor Yushchenko's choice of prime minister was confirmed today as 373 of the parliament's 450 deputies voted to approve Yuliya Tymoshenko.
4 February 2005 -- Ukraine's parliament has confirmed President Viktor Yushchenko's choice of Yuliya Tymoshenko as the country's new prime minister.
A one-page statement issued by the Moldovan government on 1 February warned international organizations, foreign governments, as well as Moldovan and Transdniestrian audiences that the separatist authorities in Tiraspol have launched a drive aimed at destabilizing the situation along the cease-fire lines dividing the belligerent sides since the 1993 armistice. While the statement is based on fact, it is also aimed at mobilizing support for the ruling Party of Moldovan Communists (PCM) ahead of the 6 March parliamentary elections. It may therefore be described as a factually correct exaggeration.
Will they make a good team? With the announcement of a new Ukrainian cabinet later today, what exactly has President Yushchenko promised?
Tymoshenko looks 'Toward the People' (file photo) 3 February 2005 -- Ukraine's Prime Minister-designate Yuliya Tymoshenko explained yesterday to the country's parliament what her government's goals would be should she be elected for the country's No. 2 position.
An ongoing investigation by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has revealed that in 2002, officials of the SBU, along with high-ranking members of the Ukrainian military and the state arms-sales company UkrSpetzExport, sold at least six cruise missiles each to Iran and China.
Prague, 2 February 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Ukrainian lawmaker Hryhoriy Omelchenko has alleged in a public letter to President Viktor Yushchenko that Ukraine illegally sold cruise missiles to Iran in violation of international nonproliferation treaties.
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