Here is the Russian view:
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/11/23/radasession.shtml
Ukraine's Parliament Fails to Secure Quorum for Election Dispute Session
Created: 23.11.2004 18:14 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 18:14 MSK,
The Ukrainian parliament, the Rada, opened a special session on Tuesday due to the dispute over the presidential election results.
Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko who lost according to the preliminary information provided by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, called for the session at a rally on Monday.
Only 191 deputies were registered at the session. They are mostly supporters of Yushchenko. Supporters of the other contender, Viktor Yanukovich, were absent as were the communists. The parliament needs at least 226 votes to pass any solution. Opening the debate, parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn told deputies: "We are sliding towards the abyss. It is amoral and criminal to pretend nothing is happening in the country. We must act in good time otherwise the people will decide on our behalf tomorrow," Reuters reported.
Parliament does not have the power to annul the elections.
"Ukraine's presidential election has seen an attempted coup d'etat, an illegal seizure of power. This is a crime against the Ukrainian people. We declare Yushchenko to be the legitimate president of Ukraine," Roman Zvarych, a member of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine group, was quoted by the agency as saying at the session.
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