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KIEV, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's acting Prime Minister Yury Yekhanurov said he advocates improving relations with Russia, the news agency Novosti-Ukraina reported Friday. "I believe that both common-economic-space-related issues and relations with Russia will be significantly improved," Yekhanurov said. The space comprises Ukraine Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

May 6, 2005 The Return of the Soviet Union by David Satter When President Bush ascends the reviewing stand in Red Square on May 9 for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, he may find that his presence is being used less to mark a historic anniversary than to rehabilitate the Soviet Union. The anniversary has unleashed a wave of nostalgia for the Soviet Union. A report by the RIA press agency said, "all the veterans agree that the great love that the Soviet people had for their country and their belief in the righteousness...