The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
In the forthcoming parliamentary elections, the Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko hopes to get around 15 to 16 per cent of the vote for his supporters and then enter into a grand coalition with the Party of the Regions.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
The Ivanov Report writes about last week's 10th Congress of the ruling United Russia party: “The victors have suddenly realized that as the ‘leading political force of the country', it's their job to deal with the crisis and face its inevitably negative political and social consequences.” Taras Kuzio reports that president Victor Yushchenko has been [...]
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Kiev welcomed the IMF decision to approve the bail-out package, calling it a 'signal to the international community to boost the rating of trust in our country'
JURIST (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
[JURIST] Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday withdrew a lawsuit she had brought against president Victor Yushchenko and the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) challenging Yushchenko's plan to dissolve parliament and hold new elections. Tymoshenko said the challenge was dropped because Yushchenko last week suspended his plan to hold elections on December...
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
The IMF is to lend Ukraine £10.4 billion in an attempt to stabilise its economy. Although the conditions are as yet unclear , it would appear that a programme to save banks and trim costs will be required. In the face of this crisis Victor Yushchenko seems determined to continue his feud with Yulia Tymoshenko and force an early election. Ukraine is particularly susceptible to the current...
