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Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Viktor Yushchenko.

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  1. A mourning day for Ukrainian biological diversityRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | The Day

    ... of 2.8 million hectares which made 4 percent of the territory of the state. In the end of 2009 President Viktor Yushchenko created several more wildlife sanctuary by his decrees. So the area of nature-reserve fund made almost 7 percent. Europe ...

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  2. Ukrainian Presidents lay flowers to Shevchenko monumentRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 22 | Forum News Portal

    ... Rybak, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, former Ukrainian Presidents Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko. On May 18, the All-Ukrainian anti-fascism rally, initiated by the Party of Regions, was held in Kyiv. Participants walked from the ...

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  3. Giffords accepts Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' awardRead the original story

    Monday May 6 | McClatchy

    ... Ghonim, a Google executive, won for starting a Facebook page that helped galvanize a revolution. In 2005, Viktor Yushchenko won the award after a disfiguring poison attack failed to prevent him from winning the Ukrainian presidency. Giffords ...

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  4. Yuri Lutsenko: Ukraine is not Belarus yet, but already a half-jailRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 1 | Charter97

    Before Viktor Yushchenko's victory at the 2004 presidential elections, Yuri Lutsenko was an active opponent of Leonid Kuchma's regime.

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  5. US urges releasing jailed Ukrainian ex-premierRead the original story

    Tuesday Apr 30 | Newkerala.com

    ... Tymoshenko, known for her trademark blonde braid, shot to international fame in 2004 when she joined Viktor Yushchenko in leading massive street protests in Kiev against the results of a presidential election that became known as the Orange ...

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  6. Champion: Stop the Putinization of UkraineRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Apr 30 | Bloomberg

    ... to steal a presidential election in which his main opponent, former National Bank of Ukraine governor Viktor Yushchenko, was disfigured for life after ingesting poison. Tymoshenko, with her blond hair and faux-folk braid, was an iconic leader of the ... 2 comments

  7. US Calls for Release of Jailed Ukrainian Ex-PremierRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Apr 30 | RIA Novosti

    ... Tymoshenko, known for her trademark blonde braid, shot to international fame in 2004 when she joined Viktor Yushchenko in leading massive street protests in Kiev against the results of a presidential election that became known as the Orange ...

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  8. "A hedgehog stepped out of the fog..."Read the original story w/Photo

    Apr 11, 2013 | The Day

    ... Chornobyl disaster, the unwillingness of Leonid Kravchuk to join the 1991 abortive coup, the victory of Viktor Yushchenko in the second runoff, the second coming of Viktor Yanukovych onto the Pechersk hills, the victory of Leonid Chernovetsky's ...

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  9. U.S. Welcomes Release Of Ukrainian Opposition LeadersRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 8, 2013 | Weekday Magazine

    ... for embezzlement and ordering illegal surveillance of suspects while investigating the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko just before the latter's 2004 presidential election victory over Yanukovych. Lutsenko's health has deteriorated since his arrest in ...

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  10. Only Ukrainians to pillage UkraineRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 6, 2013 | The Winnipeg Free Press

    ... ho swept across Kyiv in 2004 to deprive Yanukovych of his rigged victory in the presidential election over Viktor Yushchenko. The disappointment in the result of the Orange Revolution makes its repeat

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  11. Outside View:Cub helps Ukraine seek energy independenceRead the original story

    Apr 4, 2013 | UPI

    ... forces don't reflect the far more complicated reality on the ground. Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko both talked a lot about Ukraine's energy independence but did very little to move beyond rhetoric. Under Kuchma an oil pipeline was ...

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  12. Former Ukrainian Interior Minister's Sentence UpheldRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 3, 2013 | Weekday Magazine

    ... for abuse of office, and ordering illegal surveillance of suspects while investigating the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko before his victory in the 2004 presidential election. Lutsenko denies any wrongdoing, saying his imprisonment is politically ...

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  13. The Two Worlds of Viktor Yanukovych's UkraineRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 19, 2013 | tol.org

    Ukraine's former president Viktor Yushchenko, the father of five children, liked to describe his country as a "sleeping beauty," awaiting her prince.

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  14. Why the Color Revolutions Failed - By Melinda Haring and Michael CecireRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 18, 2013 | foreignpolicy.com

    ... the West and free-market reforms with apparent gusto, elite corruption still continued apace. In Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko's public spats with one-time ally Yulia Tymoshenko were so vicious that Viktor Yanukovych -- the villain of the Orange ... 4 comments

  15. Russia, Ukraine Reportedly Close to Agreement on Black Sea Fleet MovementsRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 12, 2013 | Free Republic

    ... procedures until the military conflict between Russia and Georgia in summer 2008. Then Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who had strained relations with the Kremlin and voiced his support for Georgia, warned Russia against using BSF units in ... 4 comments

  16. President Hugo Chavez, R.I.P.Read the original story w/Photo

    Mar 5, 2013 | Salem-News.com

    ... that has happened to political leaders throughout history. A modern example would be Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko who narrowly survived after being poisoned in 2004. Our resident Forensic Toxicologist (try finding another media group with one ...

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  17. President Hugo Chavez, R.I.P.Read the original story w/Photo

    Mar 5, 2013 | Salem-News.com

    ... that has happened to political leaders throughout history. A modern example would be Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko who narrowly survived being poisoned in 2004. Our resident Forensic Toxicologist (try finding another media group with one on ...

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  18. Free Trade and Gas: Can Russia and Ukraine Really Integrate?Read the original story w/Photo

    Mar 5, 2013 | RIA Novosti

    ... to manage and modernize Ukraine's dilapidated gas pipeline network. However, when West-leaning President Viktor Yushchenko came to power in Ukraine, the project was put on hold. The Ukrainian authorities said at the time that leasing out the gas ...

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  19. Yushchenko's 'Our Ukraine' Dissolves ItselfRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 2, 2013 | Weekday Magazine

    Former Ukrainian President and Orange Revolution hero Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party has dissolved itself at a party congress in Kyiv. 2 comments

  20. Who is Bill in Ukraine?Read the original story w/Photo

    Feb 26, 2013 | The Day

    ... of Leonid Kuchma's complicity in the murder of a journalist and that they were going again to have Viktor Yushchenko's blood tested. It was clear from the justice guardian's radio interview that two out of the four guarantors of the Constitution ...

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