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"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT"
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2005
Kyiv, Ukraine
ORANGE REVOLUTION RALLY, INDEPENDENCE SQUARE
Kateryna Yushchenko, Yulia Tymoshenko; Viktor Yushchenko,
Ruslana, Klitschko Brothers
Wednesday, December 22, 2005
ORANGE REVOLUTION RALLY, INDEPENDENCE SQUARE
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
[photographs with music, turn sound on]
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'VOICE FROM PAST HAUNTS UKRAINE PRESIDENT--HIS OWN,' Mykola Melnychenko secretly recorded hundreds of ours of conversations.
By Adam Tanner, Reuters, Thursday, May 27, 2004
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UKRAINE'S DONETSK GROUP OF NEWSPAPERS IS LOSING
'INFORMATION WAR', ANALYST BELIEVES
COMMENTARY: Interview with Halyna Usatenko by Serhiy Harmash
Ostrov web site, Donetsk, Ukraine, in Russian, 21 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, May 27, 2004
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UKRAINE: 'UNDERPAID, UNDERQUALIFIED, AND UNDER THE GUN'
Ukraine's judiciary faces mounting obstacles as corruption worsens, political influence becomes inescapable, and professional standards plummet.
By Ivan Lozowy, Transitions Online (TOL)
Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, 27 May 2004
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NGOS AND CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER ATTACK IN UKRAINE
By Taras Kuzio, Eurasian Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation,
Washington, D.C., Tuesday, 26 May 2004 - Volume I, Issue 18
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'FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH VISITS UKRAINE'
ANALYSIS: By Taras Kuzio, Eurasian Daily Monitor
The Jamestown Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Volume I, Issue 17, Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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'BUSH SENIOR PLEASED EVERYONE IN KIEV:
KUCHMA, YUSHCHENKO AND PINCHUK'
COMMENTARY By Danyla Pobut, Ukrayinska Pravda web site
Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 24 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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"AN EXAMPLE OF HIGH POLITICS"
George Bush Sr.'s call to improve democracy
COMMENTARY: By Serhiy Solodky, The Day
The Day Weekly Digest in English, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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'THE AMERICANS ARE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY
UKRAINE THAN TIRED OF IT'
ANALYSIS By Valery Kostiukevych
The Day Weekly Digest in English
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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COMMON ECONOMIC ZONE POSES A REAL THREAT TO
UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE STATES TARASYUK
Press Service of the People's Rukh of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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US CONGRESSMAN WHO IS ALSO A NATO OFFICIAL CALLS
ON UKRAINE TO CONDUCT FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Congressman Doug Bereuter (R-NE) In Ukraine
TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH URGES
USA TO RECOGNIZE UKRAINE'S ACHIEVEMENTS
Yanukovych speaks with US Congressman Doug Bereuter
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PROGOVERNMENT TV CHANNELS UPBEAT ON
PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH'S PRESIDENTIAL BID
BBC Monitoring Research Service,UK, Tuesday, May 25, 2004
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BUSH SR. CLARIFIES 'CHICKEN KIEV' SPEECH
By Natalia A. Feduschak [in Kyiv], The Washington Times,
Washington, D.C., Monday, May 24, 2004
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"CARROT SCOUT," Former U. S. President George H. W. Bush in Ukraine,
COMMENTARY by Zerkalo Nedeli, Mirror-Weekly On The WEB,
Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, 22 - 28 May 2004
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GEORGE BUSH SENIOR PRAISES UKRAINE'S ROLE IN COMBATING TERRORISM
Bush denied allegations that in 1991 he called on Ukraine to remain part of
the Soviet Union.
ICTV television, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 21 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Friday, May 21, 2004
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PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH SPEAKS IN KYIV, UKRAINE,
President George H.W. Bush
Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 21, 2004
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UKRAINE: IRAQ ISN'T THE ONLY BATTLEGROUND FOR DEMOCRACY
In recent months the media crackdown in Ukraine has reached chilling
proportions,
COMMENTARY: D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, Wall Street Journal Europe,
Brussels, Belgium, New York, NY, Friday, May 21, 2004.
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WHAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD DO IN UKRAINE
COMMENTARY By Anders Aslund
In The National Interest, A Weekly Coommentary and Analysis
on Foreign Policy, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 19, 2004
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UKRAINE-EU RELATIONS: PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE,
Speech by Janez Potocnik, Member of the European Commission,
Ukraine-EU Relations: Prospects for the Future,
Communiques de Presse, www.europa.eu.int,
EPC Dialogue, Brussels, Belgium, 18 May 2004
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ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: UKRAINE IS NEITHER A PAWN NOR
A QUEEN BUT A VERY INPORTANT FIGURE",
Brzezinski Interview by Viktor Zamyatin, The Day,
The Day Weekly Digest in English,
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 18, 2004
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UKRAINE HOPEFUL OF GAINING MARKET ECONOMY
STATUS FROM EUROPEAN UNION,
EU Commission President Prodi said an agreement was close.
Associated Press Worldstream, Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2004
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EUROPEAN UNION COURTS NEW NEIGHBOUR UKRAINE,
Brussels takes bold steps to strenghten ties with Ukraine,
The election campaign will be a delicate issue,
Lewis Crofts, EUpolitix.com, Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, May 18, 2004
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RULE OF LAW: THE STRANGE CAREER OF PAVLO LAZARENKO
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Stands Trial in USA,
COMMENTARY By Matthew Kaminski,
The Wall Street Journal, NY, NY, Monday, May 17, 2004; Page A21
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HIV/AIDS: UKRAINE MARKS GLOBAL AIDS REMEMBRANCE DAY
AP Online, Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 16, 2004
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TATARS: CRIMEAN TATAR DEPORTATION ANNIVERSARY
Tatar Deportation From Crimea Under Stalin Began on May 18, 1944
Backgrounder: BBC Monitoring Research Service, UK, Sun, May 16, 2004
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MEMBERSHIP OF UKRAINE, RUSSIA IN EU IS NEEDED
FOR EUROPE'S SAFETY, US EXPERT BRZEZINSKI SAYS,
www.PRAVDA.com.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 15, 2004
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PRESIDENT KUCHMA, USA FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT ZBIGNIEW
BRZEZINSKI DISCUSS UKRAINE'S EUROINTEGRATION PROSPECTS
Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 14, 2004
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POLL: UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY DIPS AFTER
CONTROVERSIAL MAYORAL RACE IN MUKACHEVE
UNIAN news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 14 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Friday, May 14, 2004
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MUKACHEVE MAYORAL ELECTION LATEST IN
LONG LINE OF VOTING ABUSES,
'Yalta-Odessa-Mukacheve. Then everywhere....'
ANALYSIS: By Leonid Kapelyushnyy,
Svoboda, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 4 May 04,
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Friday, May 14, 2004
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TATARS: PRESIDENT KUCHMA HAILS UKRAINE'S ROLE IN
CRIMEAN TATAR RESETTLEMENT IN TATAR MEMORIAL SPEECH,
Tatars deported from Crimea 60 years ago by Stalin's order starting May 14, 1944
UT1, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 14 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, in English, Friday, May 14, 2004
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UKRAINE: 'STAY TUNED,' The atmosphere of Ukrainian
politics is tensing up before the October presidential elections.
By Elena Selyuk, The NIS Observed, An Analytical Review,
Vol IX, Number 8, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology
and Policy (ISCIP), Boston, Massachusetts, 12 May 2004
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"UKRAINE'S FUTURE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS"
Written Testimony of Ihor Gawdiak, President,
Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC),
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe,
U.S. House Of Representatives, Wash, D.C., Wed, May 12, 2004
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"UKRAINE'S FUTURE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS"
Testimony by Steven Pifer, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
for European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State,
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe,
U.S. House Of Representatives, Wash, D.C., Wed, May 12, 2004
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"UKRAINE'S FUTURE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS"
Statement of Honorable Doug Bereuter (R-NE)
Chairman, Subcommittee on Europe, Committee on International Relations
U.S. House Of Representatives, Wash, D.C., Wed, May 12, 2004
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"UKRAINE'S FUTURE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS"
Written Testimony of Michael Sawkiw, President,
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA),
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe,
Representative Doug Bereuter, (R) Nebraska, Chairman,
Representative Robert Wexler, Florida, Ranking Democrat,
U.S. House Of Representatives, Wash, D.C., Wed, May 12, 2004
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"UKRAINE'S FUTURE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS"
Testimony by Nadia M. Diuk, Ph.D.,
Director, Central Europe and Eurasia,
National Endowment for Democracy (NED),
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe,
Representative Doug Bereuter, (R) Nebraska, Chairman,
Representative Robert Wexler, Florida, Ranking Democrat,
U.S. House Of Representatives, Wash, D.C., Wed, May 12, 2004
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"UKRAINE'S FUTURE AND UNITED STATES INTERESTS"
Testimony of Anders Aslund, Ph.D.,
Director, Russian and Eurasian Program,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP),
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe,
Doug Bereuter, (R) Nebraska, Chairman;
Robert Wexler, Florida, Ranking Democrat,
U.S. House Of Representatives, Wash, D.C., Wed, May 12, 2004
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UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST LEADER SAYS PARLIAMENT COULD
VOTE AGAIN ON POLITICAL REFORM,
Lenoid Amchuk interview with Socialist leader Oleksandr Moroz,
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian 30 Apr 04,
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, May 11, 2004
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PAPER VIEWS UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER'S U-TURN
ON PRESS FREEDOM, UKRAINIAN TROOPS IN IRAQ,
By Iryna Pohorelova, Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian,
7 May 04, BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, UK, May 10, 2004
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JOBS: MIGRANT WORKER'S TRAGEDY HITS HOME IN UKRAINE,
They were a typical Soviet family.
By Alan Quartly, BBC correspondent in Cherniyiv, Ukraine
BBC NEWS, UK, Monday, May 10, 2004
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SYMONENKO:PROFILE OF UKRAINIAN COMMUNIST LEADER PETRO SYMONENKO
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, Friday, May 7, 2004
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LYTVYN: PROFILE OF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LYTVYN
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, Friday, May 7, 2004
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MOROZ: PROFILE OF UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST LEADER OLEKSANDR MOROZ
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, Friday, May 7, 2004
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UKRAINE'S CENTRAL BANKER, SERHIY TYHYPKO,
URGES
PATRIOTIC, PRAGMATIC FOREIGN TRADE POLICY,
Interview with National Bank Governor Serhiy Tyhypko,
By Journalists of Parliamentary Newspaper Holos Ukrayiny,
Holos Ukrayiny, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 19 Mar 04; p 4, 5,
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, May 07, 2004
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"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT"
In-Depth Ukrainian News, Analysis, and Commentary
"The Art of Ukrainian History, Culture, Arts, Business, Religion,
Sports, Government, and Politics, in Ukraine and Around the World"
"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT" Year 04, Number 74
Action Ukraine Coalition (AUC), Washington, D.C.
morganw@patriot.net, ArtUkraine.com@starpower.net
Washington, D.C.; Kyiv, Ukraine, FRIDAY, May 7, 2004
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RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING DEMOCRATIC
ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE,
Statement on Introduction of House resolution by
Helsinki Commission Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ),
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2004
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CRITICAL TO UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY
Statement of U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
U.S. SENATE, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2004
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URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE TO ENSURE A
DEMOCRATIC, TRANSPARENT, AND FAIR ELECTION PROCESS
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON OCTOBER 31, 2004,
Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Chris Dodd and Joseph Biden,
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
108th CONGRESS, 2d Session, S. RES. 352,
Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2004
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EU'S 'BIG BANG" WOULD NEVER BE REPEATED,SAYS ROMANO
PRODI, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT
[Prodi Continues His Ukraine Bashing Remarks and Policy Position]
By George Parker in Dublin, Financial Times, London , UK, May 03, 2004
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WHAT'S THE EU'S POINT IN KEEPING UKRAINE AWAY?
As the EU picks up 10 new members from along its eastern border,
no legitimate reasons remain for depriving Ukraine of the benefits
available to member nations By Yuliya Tymoshenko, Taipei Times,
Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Apr 30, 2004
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"A UNITED EUROPE NEEDS AN INTEGRATED RUSSIA"
COMMENT: By Mikhail Gorbachev, Financial Times, London,
UK, Apr 30, 2004
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AZAROV: PROFILE OF UKRAINIAN DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER MYKOLA AZAROV,
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, Apr 29, 2004
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DISSENTING OPINIONS OF JUDGE BOHDAN A. FUTEY
"Rule of Law in Ukraine: A Step Forward or Backward?"
Briefing By Judge Bohdan A. Futey, Senior Judge, United States
Court of Federal Claims, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),
Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 29, 2004
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"YANUKOVYCH: WINNING OR LOSING"
Ukrainian weekly analyses reasons behind president's choice of successor
By Analyst Yuliya Mostova,
Zerkalo Nedeli, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 17 Apr 04;
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 29, 2004
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"EVER-EXPANDING EUROPEAN UNION?"
EU Official Argues in New Book "Ukraine Should Be Permanently
Ruled Out"
EU's single-market commissioner, Frits Bolkestein
The Economist Global Agenda, The Economist
London, UK, Thursday,
Apr 29th 2004
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RECENT RESTRICTIVE ACTIONS PROMPT CONCERNS
ABOUT UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY,
Statement by U.S.
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Ranking Democrat on the Armed
Services Committee, United States Senate, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
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CRIMEAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGES UKRAINE'S
INTEGRATION WITH RUSSIA, NOT EUROPE
"National Idea: A Moment of Truth"
By Leonid Hrach, Crimean
Communist Leader
Kiyevskiye Vedomosti, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian
20 Apr 04; p 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Wednesday,
Apr 28, 2004
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POLITICAL REFORM FAILURE RAISES STAKES IN UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
"Afterthoughts" By Maksym Strikha
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 9 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 28, 2004
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KUCHMA: "EU IS TOREADOR, UKRAINE IS BULL"
Ukrainian President Criticizes European Union Officials
AP Online, Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 28, 2004
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TYHYPKO: PROFILE OF NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE
CHAIRMAN SERHIY TYHYPKO,
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, Apr 26, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SHOULD SACK CHIEF OF STAFF VIKTOR
MEDVEDCHUK SAYS UKRAINIAN LEADER OLEKSANDR VOLKOV
Interview with Member of Parliament Oleksandr Volkov
Interview by Yuliya Lymar for Glavred
Glavred web site, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23, 2004
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Monday, Apr 26, 2004
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"UKRAINE FATIGUE: UKRAINIAN AND AMERICAN MYTHS" By Luba Shara, Washington Correspondent
Ukrayinska Pravda, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 26, 2004
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DESOVIETIZING POST-CHORNOBYL UKRAINE
COMMENTARY By Ihor Gawdiak, President
Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UCCA)
Washington, D.C., New York, NY, Monday, April 26, 2004
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RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: A WATERSHED MOMENT?
Russia and Ukraine agree to share waters in the Sea of Azov and create
an EU-style common market but find no common language on Russian
broadcasting
by Sergei Borisov, Transitions Online (TOL)
Prague, Czech Republic, April 26, 2004
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UKRAINE: MASSACRE IN MUKACHEVE
A hotly disputed election in a provincial town has dragged Ukraine's
tattered democratic credentials through the mud. With the presidential
race looming, does the government care?
by TOL, Transitions Online (TOL)
Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 26, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA SPEAKS OUT ON MANY
ISSUES IN INTERVIEW WITH PRO-PRESIDENTIAL WEEKLY 2000
2000, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 23 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 26, 2004
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MIKULINTSI: UKRAINE SEES A NEW 'IRON CURTAIN' IN EU EXPANSION
Feeling Left Out, Many Anticipate Harder Time Finding Work Abroad
By Peter Baker, Washington Post Foreign Service,
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
Sunday, April 25, 2004; Page A15
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GONGADZE: JOURNALIST'S WIDOW BATTLES CORRUPTION
IN UKRAINE
Myroslava Gongadze, "I'm tired. I don't like telling this
whole horrible story again and again, but people have to know"
By Olenka Melnyk, The Edmonton Journal
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
Saturday, April 24, 2004
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ECONOMIC UNION WILL BENEFIT RUSSIA, NOT UKRAINE
"Quo vadis, SES?" Analysis by Oleksandr Mikhelson
Glavred website, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 21 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 24, 2004
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UKRAINE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
Foreign policy menagerie
of mixed signals and conflicting interests
ANALYSIS: By Peter Lavelle
for United Press International
Moscow, Russia, April 22, 2004
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REHERSAL IN MUKACHEVO
The Mukachevo election only proves that Europe needs to overcome
its reputation for fecklessness and force Ukraine's government
to get its house in order
OP-ED, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 22, 2004
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ACTION UKRAINE COALITION HOLDS "U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONS"
BRIEFING SESSION WITH TOP STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
AMBASSADOR STEVEN PIFER By Natalka Gawdiak, Journalist, Action
Ukraine Coalition (AUC)
Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 22, 2004
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U.S. EMBASSY IN KYIV STATEMENT ON MUKACHEVE ELECTION
By all accounts there was manifestly fraudulent maniuplation of voting
results
Press Release: Public Affairs Section, U.S. EMBASSY
Kyiv, Ukraine,
Thursday, April 22, 2004
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YANUKOVYCH: PROFILE OF UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH,
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, April 21, 2004
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KUCHMA REGIME STEALS MUKACHEVE MAYORAL RACE
Our Ukraine's Baloha wins the vote; regime names Social-Democrat Nuser
Mayor OUR UKRAINE UPDATE, Issue 9, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 21, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES TO HOLD FAIR ELECTION,
WARNS AGAINST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
UT1, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 21 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 21, 2004
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DEAL WITH UKRAINE BOOSTS RUSSIAN PLANS FOR
REGIONAL ECONOMIC BLOC
Ukrainian Prime Minister
Yanukovich Hailed the Agreement
By Tom Warner in Kiev,
Financial Times, London, UK, Wednesday, April 21, 2004
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA RATIFY POST-SOVIET ECONOMIC UNION
MOSNEWS.COM, From Reuters story, Moscow, Russia, April 21, 2004
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EUROPE: FOR CENTURIES UKRAINE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF EUROPE Interview with philosopher Serhiy Krymsky,
Interviewed by Ihor Siundiukov, The Day
The Day Weekly Digest in English,
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 20, 2004
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UKRAINIAN WEB SITE SAYS NEW FUEL AND ENERGY
MINISTER GOOD FOR DONETSK AND RUSSIA
"Crisis manager from USDP"
By Ilona Zayets, Ukrainian Glavred Web Site, April 14, 2004
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Apr 20, 2004
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"RUSSIA NEEDS BUSH"
By Mikhail Delyagin, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Moscow, Russia, in
Russian, 16 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 18, 2004
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KUCHMA: PROFILE OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA
BBC Monitoring Service Research, UK, Apr 17, 2004
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STAGE APPEARS SET FOR SECOND VOTE ON PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION IN UKRAINE
Inside Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 16, 2004
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FACTIONS SLUG IT OUT IN BATTLE TO SEE WHO WILL LEAD UKRAINE By Peter Baker, Washington Post Foreign Service
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Friday, April 16, 2004; Page A18
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HEAD OF USAID, ANDREW NATSIOS, VISITS KYIV
Strengthening independent media, civil society and rule of law are top
priorities
By Peter Byrne, Kyiv Post Staff Writer, Kyiv Post, Kyiv,
Ukraine, Apr 15,
2004
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YUSHCHENKO SAYS HIS MAIN RIVAL WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE
RESOURCES, A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AND NOT VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH
Interfax news agency, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA SURE CONSTITUTION WILL
BE AMENDED BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 14 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, UK, Apr 14, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PRIME MINISTER
VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH AIMS TO COMPLETE POLITICAL REFORM
UT1, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 14 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 14, 2004
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ALLIES OF PRESIDENT KUCHMA NAME UKRAINIAN PRIME
MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVICH AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Yanukovich is the first candidate to be nominated Associated Press, Kiev,
Ukraine, Wednesday, April 14, 2004
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UKRAINIAN POLITICAL SITUATION IN A CHAOTIC STATE
AFTER CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM VOTE FAILURE
ANALYSIS: Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wed, April 14, 2004
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PARLIAMENT FAILS TO PASS CONSTITUTIONAL-REFORM BILL Compiled by Jan Maksymiuk, RFE/RL, Belarus and Ukraine Report
Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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"I WILL NOT BE AN EASY PREY FOR THE GHOULS!"
Interview with Ukraine's Lviv Region council head Mykhaylo Sendak
By Oleh Lyashko, Svoboda, Kiev, in Ukrainian 6 Apr 04; p 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Monday, Apr 12, 2004
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"THE DEFEAT OF DEMOCRACY"
Veteran Ukrainian human rights activist Volodymyr Malenkovych
believes that democracy lost on the day constitutional reform was defeated
By Volodymyr Malenkovych, Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, Ukraine,
in Russian 9 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 12, 2004
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POLAND'S PRESIDENT ON THE "YEAR OF POLAND IN UKRAINE" Interview By Anatoliy Martsynovskyy with Aleksander Kwasniewski
Holos Ukrayiny, Kiev, in Ukrainian 30 Mar 04; p 1, 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 10, 2004
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UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM VOTE UNSUCCESSFUL
Vote raised many questions that remain unanswered
Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 9, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON CONSTITUTION
REFORM AGAIN---SENIOR MP STEPEN HAVRYSH
Inter TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 8 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 08, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PROGOVERNMENT MP'S DOWNBEAT
ON CONSTITUTION REFORM VOTE
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian 8 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Apr 08, 2004
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MYTHS ABOUT CANADA'S UKRAINIAN DIASPORA
OP-ED By Taras Kuzio, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 7, 2004
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UKRAINIAN POLITICAL LEADER BORYS TARASYUK SAYS
HIGHEST OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON NEED TO SPEAK UP
The US Administration is not doing enough By Natalie Gawdiak, Journalist,
Action Ukraine Coalition (AUC)
Wash, D.C., Tues, April 6, 2004
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GEORGE SOROS ACCUSES UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF
STAFF, VIKTOR MEDVEDCHUK, OF SMEAR CAMPAIGN
"George Soros: 'I didn't say that I thought Leonid Kuchma was a sincere man"
Interview with George Soros By Serhiy Rakhmanin
Zerkalo Nedeli, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 3 Apr 04; p 1, 3
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 05, 2004
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HUGE REFORM MEETING IN UKRAINE EMPHASIZES
ANTI-YUSHCHENKO, PRO-KUCHMA THEME
Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 5, 2004
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"FREE THE WORLD'S OPPRESSED ENTREPRENEURS"
"Instead of viewing people as unemployed proletarians," says Mr de
Soto, "we should view them as oppressed entrepreneurs"
[Ukraine, Iraq, Mexico, Peru, Egypt, Russia, Afghanistan, North Korea, etc]
COMMENT: By Amity Shlaes, Financial Times, London, UK, Apr 05, 2004
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UKRAINIAN OPPOSITIONIST YULIYA TYMOSHENKO
CRITICIZES LEFTISTS FOR BACKING POLITICAL REFORM
Yuliya Tymoshenko interview by Serhiy Leshchenko
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian 26 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 05, 2004
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UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS "SABOTAGING" ODESSA-BRODY
PIPELINE PROJECT
By Ihor Demyanchuk, "Will Oil Make it from Odessa to Brody?"
Svoboda, Kiev, in Ukrainian 30 Mar 04, p 3
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 03, 2004
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UKRAINE'S LOCAL TYCOON WRESTLES WITH DONETSK GROUP
FOR CONTROL OVER PORT CITY OF MARIUPOL
By Mykola Formozov, "Mariupol Region"
Ostrov web site, Donetsk, Ukraine, in Russian, 26 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Apr 03, 2004
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LOBBYING IN THE UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT
By Serhiy Vovk, "Parlimentary lobbying. Sometimes corridors end in a wall"
Invest-Gazeta, Kiev, Ukriane, in Russian 30 Mar 04;
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Apr 02, 2004
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UKRAINE: KIEV OLIGARCH KEEPS IT IN FAMILY
Interview with Viktor Pinchuk By Elizabeth Piper, Reuters,
Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, April 1, 2004
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THE "ALL-UKRAINIAN CIVIL FORUM" IN SUPPORT OF REFORM
Kuchma to address well-staged performance in Kyiv, Friday, April 2
Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 1, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PARTY OF BUSINESSMEN FACING SPLIT
By Oleksandr Serhiyenko, "Working Ukraine on brink of split?"
Glavred, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 29 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 01, 2004
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YUSHCHENKO VOWS TO BUILD LAW-GOVERNED DEMOCRACY
IN UKRAINE IF ELECTED PRESIDENT By Andry Mykselyuk and Dmytro Honhalskyy,
Halytski Kontrakty, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 29 Mar 04; p 32-34,
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 01, 2004
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POLITICAL SITUATION IN UKRAINE BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Borys Tarasyuk, MP, Deputy Chairman of "Our Ukraine" bloc
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 31, 2004
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EUROPE'S DEMOCRATIC ENLARGEMENT
Europe Must Take A
Wider View of the Future,
The EU needs to intensify engagement in the
Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia COMMENTARY By George Soros,
Financial Times, London, UK, March 29, 2004
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US TO UKRAINE: PUBLIC PRAISE AND PRIVATE CONDEMNATION Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 29, 2004
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PASSAGE OF PROPORTIONAL ELECTION LAW OPENS DOOR
FOR CONTROVERSIAL CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AMENDMENTS
Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 28, 2004
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U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD ARMITAGE HOLDS
PRESS CONFERENCE IN KYIV, UKRAINE
By Vlad Lavrov, Journalist,
Action Ukraine Report
Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 26, 2004
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LOOSE NUKES AND AL-QAEDA By Taras Kuzio, Terrorism Monitor, In-Depth Analysis
of the War on Terror, Volume II, Issue 6, Jamestown
Foundation
Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 25 2004
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TEN WAYS UKRAINE IS A NEO-SOVIET COUNTRY OP-ED by Taras Kuzio, Ukrayinska Pravda, Kyiv, Ukraine, 25 March 2004
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UKRAINE'S BIGWIGS HATE THE DIASPORA
OP-ED By Taras Kuzio, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 25, 2004
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UKRAINE WEB SITE SAYS GOVERNMENT SMEARING
WESTERN CRITICS SUCH AS THE EUROPEAN UNION,
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT AND GEORGE SOROS
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian 24 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Mar 24, 2004
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PATH TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN UKRAINE STILL UNCLEAR
Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 24, 2004
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HAMMER OF JUSTICE FINALLY STRIKES TRUE IN UKRAINE FOR ONCE COMMENTARY By E. Morgan Williams, Coordinator,
Action Ukraine Coalition (AUC)
Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 24, 2004
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TARASYUK: UKRAINE HAS A POWERFUL OPPOSITION THAT HAS A
CHANCE TO TURN THE COUNTRY ONTO THE DEMOCRATIC PATH
Press Service of the People's Rukh, OurUkraine Website, Kyiv, Mar 23, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PROSECUTORS DROP CORRUPTION CASE
AGAINST FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER LEONID
KOZACHENKO Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian,
23 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Mar 23, 2004
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U.S. OFFICIALS AIR CONCERNS ABOUT UKRAINE AT ACTION
UKRAINE COALITION (AUC) MEETING IN WASHINGTON
By Natalie Gawdiak, Journalist, Action Ukraine Coalition (AUC)
Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 23, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PROSECUTORS CLOSED CORRUPTION, BRIBERY
PROBE AGAINST EX-CABINET MEMBER LEONID KOZACHENKO
Associated Press Online, Kiev, Ukraine, Mar 23, 2004
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UKRAINE'S PENSION FUND BUDGET GROWS IN SIZE
BUT NOT IN TRANSPARENCY Inside Ukraine Newsletter,
Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 22, 2004
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VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO: VICTOR OR VANQUISHED? HELP IS
NEEDED, AND FAST OP-ED by John Conlan, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine,
March 18, 2004
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US CONGRESSMAN CURT WELDON HAS CONCERNS REGARDING
THE SHUTDOWN OF UKRAINE'S RADIO KONTYNENT
RFE/RL Say They Still Cannot Find An FM Station In Ukraine Willing to
Rebroadcast Their Programs By E. Morgan Williams, Editor, Action Ukraine
Report
Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 18, 2004
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BOB SCHAFFER TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATOR FROM COLORADO
Has Ukrainian Heritage and Supported Ukraine While A Congressman
By E. Morgan Williams, Editor, "ACTION UKRAINE REPORT"
Washington, D.C., Monday, March 15, 2004
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PRESIDENT PUTIN'S IMITATION OF A TSAR IS DOOMED TO FAILURE
By Anders Aslund, The Sunday Telegraph, London, UK, Sunday, March 14, 2004
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LITTLE TO SHOW FROM PUTIN
On the last American strategic
objective, promoting democracy worldwide, Putin is a liability
Op-Ed Column: By Michael McFaul, The Washington Post
Washington, D.C., Sun, Mar 14, 2004
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RUSSIAN LESSON
Both American presidents [Clinton and Bush] were
later embarrassed
by their professed faith in men who didn't, in the end,
share their values By Anne Applebaum, Columnist, The Washington Post
Washington, D.C., Wed, Mar 10, 2004
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"FREEDOM TO THE WORD" RALLY HELD IN KYIV TO
PROTEST ATTACKS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN UKRAINE
By Vlad Lavrov, Journalist, www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service
(ARTUIS), Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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THE NEW NEAR EAST
EU cooperation needs to be broadened in the future to cover
"the new Near East": Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Commentary By Urban Ahlin, Chairman of the Swedish parliament's
Foreign Affairs Committee
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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"HOW TO HELP UKRAINE VOTE" OP-ED by Madeleine K. Albright, U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001
The New York Times, NY, NY, March 8, 2004
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RUSSIANS' FEARS OF KREMLIN REEMERGE
Influence of Putin Is Discerned Behind Strong-Arm Tactics
By Peter Baker, Washington Post Foreign Service
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Sun, Mar 7, 2004
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RUSSIA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
War, unemployment, secret-police networks: Lenin's famous poser,
'What is to be done?' is still relevant in Vladimir Putin's Russia
Hopes of order from chaos hang heavy on next weekend's elections
Analysis By Stephen Kotkin, Financial Times Weekend
FT.com site; London, UK, Saturday/Sunday, Mar 06-07, 2004
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VOICE OF AMERICA DIRECTOR DEPLORES UKRAINE'S SEIZURE
OF EQUIPMENT FROM PRIVATE RADIO STATION
Voice of America, VOANews, Washington, D.C., 06 Mar 2004
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SUN SETS ON RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY
The View From
Moscow, by Constantine Pleshakov, The Japan Times
Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 6, 2004
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CZECHS CONDEMN UKRAINE FOR CLOSING UKRAINIAN PRIVATE
RADIO SAYING STEP WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CTK news agency, Prague, in English, 5 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Mar 05, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT PROVES HELPLESS TO STOP
MEDIA ONSLAUGHT AND SUPPRESSION
INSIDE UKRAINE, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 5, 2004
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UKRAINIAN AMERICANS MOBILIZE TO HELP UKRAINE
"Ukraine At The Crossroads" Roundtable
By BRAMA.COM, New York, NY, March 4, 2004
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UKRAINIAN DAILY SAYS ECONOMIC UNION
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR RUSSIA
"Choice of Company"
By Serhiy Syrovatka, Den, Kiev, in Russian 4 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Mar 04, 2004
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IFJ WARNS UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES OVER "RELENTLESS
PATTERN" OF REPRESSION AGAINST VOICE OF DISSENT
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Brussels, Belgium, Thur,
Mar 4, 2004
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CLOSURE OF UKRAINIAN RADIO STATION DISMAYS
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS Association of International
Broadcasting (AIB), London, UK, 4 March 2004
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US VIEWS UKRAINE'S MEDIA ACTIONS WITH GRAVE CONCERN
Statement by Richard Boucher, Spokesman, United States Department of State
Washington, D.C., Thur, Mar 4, 2004
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UKRAINIAN RADIO STATION PROTESTS "JAMMING" OF ITS
BROADCASTS AS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF CITIZENS RIGHTS
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian, 3 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK; in English, Mar 03, 2004
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UKRAINE RADIO CHIEF 'FORCED' TO FLEE FROM UKRAINE
Radio Kontynent Director Serhiy Sholokh's Life Threatened
BBC NEWS/Europe, UK, Wednesday, March 3, 2004
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UKRAINE AUTHORITIES SHUT DOWN RADIO STATION
Began broadcasting U.S.-funded Radio Liberty's shortwave programming
By Tim Vickery, Associated Press, Kiev, Ukraine, March 3, 2004
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NEW RFE/RL AFFILIATE RAIDED BY UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES
TRANSMITTERS CONFISCATED, OFFICE SEALED
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, March 3, 2004
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OSCE TO MONITOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN UKRAINE
ICTV television, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Mar 02, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SLAMS OPPOSITION'S
CONSTITUIONAL REFORM BILL UT1, Kiev, Ukraine,
in Ukrainian, 2 Mar 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in
English, Mar 02, 2004
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UKRAINE'S TIPPING POINT OP-ED By Jackson Diehl, Columnist
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Monday, March 1, 2004
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VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO'S 50TH BIRTHDAY INTERVIEW
Describes his private life and formative years
Interview with Victor Yushchenko by Tetyana Kharchenko
Ukrayina Moloda, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 21 Feb 04; p 5
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Feb 29, 2004
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PUTIN'S DEMOCRATIC FACADE SHOULDN'T FOOL US ANYMORE
By Anne Applebaum, The Sunday Telegraph, London, UK, Sun, Feb 29, 2004
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UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS PROMISE FIERCE CAMPAIGN
By Natalia A. Feduschak, The Washington Times
Washington, D.C., Saturday, February 28, 2004
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"VAST LAND BOUND BY TRAGEDY"
Arkady Ostrovsky reads of dark acts in post-Stalinist Russia, pieced
together with forensic precision...they are part of a vicious circle of
wretchedness, fear, denial and self-destruction which the book describes
Book Review by Arkady Ostrovsky, FT's Moscow correspondent
Financial Times, FT.com site; London, UK, Feb 27, 2004, of the book
"Black Earth: Russia After the Fall," by Andrew Meier
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SOCIALIST LEADER ANTICIPATES VOTE-RIGGING
IN COMING UKRAINIAN ELECTION
"Neutralize intentions to rig the presidential election!"
By Oleksandr Moroz, Leader, Socialist Party of Ukraine
Silski Visti, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 17 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 27, 2004
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"KUCHMAGATE, ACT III" ENDNOTE: By Taras Kuzio, RFE/RL
Newsline
Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, 27 February 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF MEDVEDCHUK
WANTS TO REPLACE THE PRIME MINISTER YANUKOVYCH,
ARTICLE SPECULATES
"Medvedchuk's Tower" Commentary by
Viktor Shlynchak, Glavred, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 26 Feb 04
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"IT'S GETTING DARKER STILL IN UKRAINE:
NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE NATION'S POLITICAL CENSORSHIP"
By Volodymyr Semkiv and Dmytro Lykhoviy
Ukrayina Moloda, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 18 Feb 04, p 4
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English; Feb 26, 2004
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CRIMEA: UKRAINE'S PRIDE AND JOY, OR A BURDEN?
OP-ED, By Ihor Losiv, Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 26, 2004
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UKRAINE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL RETIRE FROM POLITICS IN
FALL OF 2004 AND WILL NOT SEEK THE POST OF PRIME MINISTER
Text of Presidential News Conference, UT1, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25
Feb
04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 25, 2004
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TRAGEDY IN THE MAKING
Consider the situation that is shaping
up in the Ukrainian countryside By Prof. James Mace, Consultant to
The Day, The Day Weekly Digest in English
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tue,
Feb 24, 2004
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PEREIASLAV "TREATY"... ROAD TO SERFDOM
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the Pereiaslav Treaty
On behalf of the Executive Board of the UCCA
Michael Sawkiw, Jr., President, Marie Duplak, Executive Secretary
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA)
Washington, D.C., February 23, 2004
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POLITICAL OPPONENT SAYS UKRAINE USES TAX
POWERS FOR INTIMIDATION
Presidential Candidate Claims
Government Wants Votes to Alter Constitution By Marc Champion,
The Wall Street Journal (Europe)
Brussels, Belgium, Mon, Feb 23, 2004
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PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT
EXPLAINS DECISION TO QUIT OUR UKRAINE BLOC
Interview with Taras Chornovil by Ivan Hayvanovych
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian,10 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 20, 2004
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"OUR UKRAINE" LEADER YUSHCHENKO MEETS WITH FORMER
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELINE ALLBRIGHT "Our Ukraine"
Press, www.razom.org.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine, February 20, 2004
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FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER UKRAINE'S POLITICAL REFORM
UNIAN news agency, Kiev, in Ukrainian, 20 Feb 04
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian, 20 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 20, 2004
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AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS WILL BE THE HOSTAGE
OF THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN UKRAINE
ANALYSIS by Yuriy Mykhaylov, Agricultural Journalist
Published by "UKRAINE REPORT" 2004, Number 28, Article
Two
Kyiv, Ukraine, Fri, Feb 20, 2004
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RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: DARK SKIES TO THE EAST
WORLD: EUROPE, By Riga, Moscow, and Brussels Economist Staff
The Economist print edition, London, UK, February 19, 2004
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UKRAINIAN RADIO PRODUCER DEFENDS DECISION TO
TAKE LIBERTY BROADCASTS OFF THE AIR Interview with Serhiy Kychyhyn by Oleksandr Mikhelson
Glavred web site, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian,16 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 19, 2004
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FIRST PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE LEONID KRAVCHUK BACKS
PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH FOR PRESIDENT
"The Question of My Presidency Has Long Been Closed!"
Interview with
the first president and MP of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk
By Volodymyr
Katsman and Viktoriya Chyrva, Stolichnyye Novosti, Kiev, Ukraine,
Feb 17, 2004
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 19, 2004
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YUSHCHENKO THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM
ON THE SALE OF UKRAINIAN LAND UNTIL HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT PRIVATIZATION CAN BE ENSURED
"Our Ukraine" Press, Kyiv, Ukraine, February 18, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PAPER SAYS POLISH PRESIDENT KWASNIEWSKI
SEES PRESIDENT KUCHMA AS HAS-BEEN
"Sincerity Without Mutuality"
By Volodymyr Pavliv, Zerkalo Nedeli, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 14 Feb 04; p2
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 18, 2004
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YUSHCHENKO WRITES LETTER TO COUNTRYMEN: UKRAINE
HAS TURNED INTO A LAWLESS AND UNDEMOCRATIC STATE
Letter from Victor Yushchenko, Leader of "Our Ukraine" political faction
"Our Ukraine" Website, www.razom.org.ua
Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION MAY WIN PRESIDENTIAL BATTLE,
BUT LOSE POLITICAL WAR
"An Extension Anyway?"
By Anatoliy Hrytsenko, Political Analyst, Zerkalo Nedeli, Kiev, Ukraine,
in Russian 14 Feb, 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 17, 2004
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JUST PLAIN WRONG
"Closing down media outlets of opponents
is just plain wrong" By Prof. James Mace, The Day Weekly Digest
in English
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tues, Feb 17, 2004
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UKRAINE'S CONSTITUTION IS FINE AS IT IS
By Yuliya Tymoshenko, Member of Ukraine's Parliament
Financial Times, FT.com site; UK, Feb 16, 2004
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ONE-THIRD OF ALL UKRAINIANS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
TO ANOTHER COUNTRY ACCORDING TO OPINION POLL
Only 37 per cent of 18-year-olds would stay in Ukraine
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian, 6 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 16, 2004
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"A CHESTNUT REVOLUTION"
After Georgia's "Rose Revolution"
we can only hope Kiev will host the chestnut variety
REVIEW & OUTLOOK, The Wall Street Journal,
New York, NY, 11 February, 2004
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NEWSPAPER SETS OUT PRIORITIES IN UKRAINIAN-POLISH
PARTNERSHIP [ODESSA-BRODY OIL PIPELINE]
"Three Levels of Partnership
Ukraine and Poland Have Pinpointed Their Priorities"
Den, Kiev, in Ukrainian 7 Feb 04, p 1, 3
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 11, 2004
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"FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY BEYOND THE BALTICS"
Speech by U.S. Senator John McCain in Riga, Latvia,
By E. Morgan Williams, Senior Advisor,
U.S. Ukraine Foundation (USUF),
Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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OUR UKRAINE SEEMS TO BE LOSING SWAY OVER
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
By Jan Maksymiuk, RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report
Vol. 6, No. 5, 10 February 2004, Prague, Czech Republic
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LEADING SOCIALIST MP DEFENDS PARTY STANCE ON
UKRAINIAN POLITICAL REFORM
"Mr Yushchenko Has Weak
Nerves So Far" Interview with Yosyp Vinskyy by Volodymyr Sonyuk
Den, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 6 Jan 04; p 4
BBC Monitoring Service,
UK, in English, Feb 10, 2004
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PROMINENT MEMBER OF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT, TARAS
CHORNOVIL, SUSPENDS MEMBERSHIP IN "OUR UKRAINE" BLOC
Radio Kontynent, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 10 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 10, 2004
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UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION VOTE DEFEAT FOR OPPOSITION
Socialist Party leader Moroz played into the hands of the authorities
"The Tragic Triumph of the Opposition," By Nataliya Balyuk
Vysokyy Zamok, Lviv, in Ukrainian 5 Feb 04, p 1, 3
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Feb 10, 2004
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UKRAINIAN FOREIGN POLICY: PRO-RUSSIAN,
PRO-WESTERN OR SIMPLY PRO-KUCHMA?
By Taras Kuzio, RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report
Vol. 6, No. 5, 10 February 2004, Prague, Czech Republic
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NIGHTMARE OF ORDINARY UKRAINIANS OR
CASE STUDY IN PETTY CORRUPTION
COMMENTARY: By Volodymyr Hrytsutenko, Lviv, Ukraine
Published by the "UKRAINE REPORT" 2004, Number 22
Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 9, 2004, Article Two
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UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION LEADER VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO
LOSING BATTLE OVER POLITICAL REFORM
"Is This 24 December,
Take Two? by Leonid Amchuk, Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in
Ukrainian 4 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 06, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT KUCHMA ADDRESSES FOREIGN
DIPLOMATS ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
Ukrayinska Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian 6 Feb 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 06, 2004
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UKRAINE PARLIAMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
VOTE STRONGLY ANTI-YUSHCHENKO IN NATURE
ANALYSIS: INSIDE UKRAINE Newsletter, Friday, Feb 6, 2004
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ONE FREE-TRADE DEAL THAT WON'T FREE TRADE
By Yuliya Tymoshenko, Member of Parliament, Ukraine
Article from Project Syndicate, Published by The Straits Times,
English Language Daily, Singapore, Asia, February 6, 2004
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ODESSA-BRODY TO FLOW WEST
By Roman Olearchyk, Kyiv Post Staff Writer
Kyiv, Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 5, 2004
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UKRAINIAN PAPER ANALYSES MANOEUVRES BY KEY
CONTENDERS FOR PRESIDENCY
"Between 'I Must' and 'I Can'"
Oleksandr Volf, Journalist, 2000, Kiev, in Russian 30 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Feb 05, 2004
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GEOPOLITICAL CHOICE OF UKRAINE
Address By Yuri Scherbak, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Ukraine
At the Plenary Session of the Days
of Science
National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy,
Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan 30, 2004
Published by the "UKRAINE
REPORT" 2004, Number 20, Feb 4, 2004
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UKRAINE: CHALLENGE AND CHOICE: UKRAINE'S PROSPECTS
IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD OF THE XXI CENTURY"
New Book By Ambassador Yuri Scherbak
By Vlad Lavrov, Journalist and ARTUIS Representative in Kyiv
www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine,Wednesday, February 4, 2004
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UKRAINE'S PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
PERMIT SALE AND PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN 2005
Interfax-Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 30.01.2004
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT URGES CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPT
OFFICIALS, RED TAPE, AND ECONOMIC CRIME UT1, Kiev, in
Ukrainian, 29 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 30,
2004
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POLITICAL CRISIS IN UKRAINE
Resolution 1364 (2004)[1], Provisional Edition, Council of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly, Strasbourg, France, January 29, 2004
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THE MEN WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT
The jostling for position as Kuchma's successor has begun, but Kuchma
could still emerge, in Cossack style, as the establishment's choice
By Ivan Lozowy, Transitions Online, Prague, Czech Republic, 28
Jan 2004
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REPORT: "POLITICAL CRISIS IN UKRAINE"
Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly
Report of the Monitoring Committee about Ukraine,
Doc. 10058
Strasbourg, France, 27 January 2004
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POLLS SHOW UKRAINIANS FAVOUR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION BY POPULAR BALLOT By Anatoliy Hrytsenko,
Zerkalo Nedeli, Kiev, in Russian 17 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring
Service, UK, in English, Jan 27, 2004
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A 'TRUE FRIEND OF UKRAINE' TELLS IT LIKE IT IS
Ukrainian-born
American judge, Bohdan Futey IN FOCUS, Complied by Catherine A.
Fitzpatrick, RFE/RL, (UN) CIVIL SOCIETIES
Jan 26, 2004, Prague,
Czech Republic
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UKRAINE'S MINISTER OF FINANCE MYKOLA AZAROV STATES
UKRAINE'S ECONOMY MADE BIG STRIDES IN 2003
Den, Kiev, in Ukrainian, 22 Jan 04, p 5
BBC Monitoring Service,
UK, in English, Jan 25, 2004
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MOVE SLOWLY - STAY LONGER?
Ukraine paper weighs prime
minister's chances for presidency By Yehor Sobolev, Journalist, Zerkalo
Nedeli, Kiev, in Russian 24 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English,
Jan 25, 2004
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UKRAINE'S EFFORTS TO POLICE INTERNET WORRY JOURNALISTS
By Charles Hawley, Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts, Jan 23, 2004
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DESPERATE TIMES, DESPERATE MEASURES
The Ukrainian government is trying to rig the rules of the game
ahead of an election it cannot win fairly. Will the people let it?
OPINION By Ivan Kolos, Journalist Based in Kyiv
Transitions On Line (TOL), Prague, Czech Republic, Jan 23, 2004
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OUR UKRAINE LEADER VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO
INTERVIEWED ON AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
Interview with Our Ukraine Leader Viktor Yushchenko
By Journalists Lesya Shovkun and Dmytro Lykhoviy
Ukrayina Moloda, Kiev, in Ukrainian 5 Jan 04; p 4, 5
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jan 22, 2004
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UKRAINIAN OLIGARCH HRYHORIY SURKIS DEFENDS
MOVES TO AMEND CONSTITUTION, URGES CALM
"Medvedchuk always has an option. More than one"
Interview with Hryhoriy Surkis by Yuliya Lymar
Glavred, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 24 Dec 03
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 21, 2004
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KUCHMA SHUFFLES CARDS FOR 2004 PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION
GAME END NOTE, By Jan Maksymiuk, Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty Newsline
Prague, Czech Republic, January 21, 2004
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UKRAINIAN WEEKLY PROFILES KEY BUSINESS MONOPOLY
GROUPS IN UKRAINE'S DONETSK REGION Invest-Gazeta,
Kiev, in Russian 13 Jan 04; p 35
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in
English, Jan 20, 2004
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KUCHMA AND THE MEDIA LOOKING TO 2004 'WITH FEAR'
By Jan Maksymiuk, RFE/RL, Prague, Czech Republic
RFE/RL Media
Matters, Vol. 4, No. 1, 20 January 2004
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WILL WE LOSE THE COLD WAR VICTORY?
Letter Sent All
535 Members of the United States Senate
and the United States House
of Representatives Ihor Gawdiak, President, Ukrainian American
Coordinating Council (UACC)
Washington, D.C., Tues, Jan 20, 2004
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TROUBLING PRE-ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE
U.S. Congressional Record Statement by U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse
Campbell (R-CO)
Co-Chairman, Helsinki Commission, United States
Senate, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2004
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THE YEAR OF CRUCIAL CHANGES
COMMENTARY by Yuri Scherbak
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine
Published by "UKRAINE REPORT-2004," Number 10
www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, January 20, 2004
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TENSION GROWS
COMMENTARY by Vlad Lavrov, political writer, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published by the "UKRAINE REPORT-2004"
www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, January 20, 2004
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HIV/AIDS: MAJOR UKRAINIAN BUSINESSMAN, VIKTOR PINCHUK
AND PRESIDENT KUCHMA'S DAUGHTER, OLENA FRANCHUK,
REPRESENT UKRAINE AT HIV/AIDS MEDIA CAMPAIGN MEETING
IN NEW YORK Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian
16 Jan 04, BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 16, 2004
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"THE YEAR OF YUSHCHENKO" COMMENTARY by James E. Mace,
Professor, historian, journalist living in Kyiv, Ukraine;
Published by "UKRAINE REPORT-2004," Number 8;
www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS);
Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, January 16, 2004
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"NEW AUTHORITIES [IN UKRAINE]: FORMER DEPUTIES OF
LAZARENKO AND YANUKOVYCH, MEDVEDCHUK'S BROTHER
AND PINCHUK'S MANAGER" Ukrayinska Pravda, Kiev, Ukraine,
in Russian 12 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 15, 2004
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THE YEAR OF PUTINISM'S WRETCHED TRIUMPH
"Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko will also be tarred
as anti-Russian" By Andrei Piontkovsky, independent political analyst
The Moscow Times, Moscow, Russia, Tues, Jan. 13, 2004
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DIVISIONS WITHIN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS IN UKRAINE
CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONFLICT By Taras Kuzio,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Prague, Czech Republic,
13 Jan 2004
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RULE OF LAW IN UKRAINE: FORWARD OR BACKWARD?
By Judge Bohdan A. Futey, "UKRAINE REPORT-2004," Number 6
Washington, D.C., Tues, Jan 13, 2004
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U.S. JUDGE: RULING ALLOWING KUCHMA TO SEEK
THIRD TERM IS WRONG Associated Press, Kiev, Ukraine,
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
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"A RESOLUTION FOR UKRAINE"
EDITORIAL, The Washington
Post, Washington, D.C., Mon, Jan 12, 2004
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"A SPLIT PERSON"
In Ukraine, making amendments to the Constitution
seems to have become a national sport. Kuchma becomes a "split" person
By Serhii Rakhmanin, Zerkalo Nedeli on the WEB, Mirror-Weekly
Kyiv,
Ukraine, 10-16, Jan 2004
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"UKRAINE: ANTI-AMERICANISM AN ELECTION TOOL FOR KUCHMA"
Oxford Analytica, International Consulting Firm
Analysis of Worldwide
Political,
Economic and Social Developments
Oxford and London, UK, Washington, D.C.,
09 January 2004
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'FRIENDS' AD TAKES AIM AT MEDVEDCHUK
New York Times
and International Herald Tribune Full-page Ad By Roman Olearchyk,
Kyiv Post Staff Writer
The Kyiv Post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan 8, 2004
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LEGAL EXPERTS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CONFIRM
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR RE-ELECTION
By Pavlo Kit, Ukrayinska Pravda website, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian,
2 Jan 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 06, 2004
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EAST-UKRAINIAN WEB SITE ACCUSES PRESIDENT OF
STIRRING EAST-WEST TENSION
Serhiy Pekhotin, Centre for Study of Social Prospects in Donetsk Region
Ostrov web site, Donetsk, Ukraine, in Russian, 11 Dec 03
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Jan 5, 2003
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GO WEST, UKRAINE By Lara Apasova, TCS: Tech Central Station,
Washington, D.C. 01/02/2004
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"10 TOP-EVENTS OF 2003 AND TOP-5 PROGNOSIS FOR 2004"
By Oleksandr Sushko, "Ukrainian Monitor"
Center for Peace, Conversion
and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (CPCFPU), Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan 2004
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BUILD UKRAINE GALLERY ARTICLES FOR YEAR 2003
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BUILD UKRAINE GALLERY ARTICLES FOR YEAR 2002
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BUILD UKRAINE GALLERY ARTICLES FOR YEARS PRIOR TO 2002
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