Topic: Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich called on defeated rival Yulia Tymoshenko to resign as prime minister Wednesday, turning up the pressure even as her camp contested the result of Sunday's presidential election. Setting out his program, Yanukovich said that while relations with Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union would be his priority, Ukraine needed help ...
KIEV (Reuters) - Votes from the presidential election were being recounted in parts of Ukraine on Wednesday as defeated candidate Yulia Tymoshenko disputed the victory of opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich. Yanukovich called on his opponent to resign the premiership and said that while relations with Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union would be a priority for his government, Ukraine ...
Opposition candidate Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential race, a preliminary vote count showed Wednesday. Tymoshenko, the heroine of the 2004 Orange Revolution protests against a fraudulent vote won by Yanukovych, has so far refused to concede defeat ...
