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KIEV: HANDOVER OF POWER
Sky News ^
| November 23, 2004
Posted on 11/23/2004 5:07:24 PM PST by kupia_kummi
A peaceful handover of power has reportedly been agreed in the Ukraine after protesters clashed with anti-riot police outside the president's headquarters.
Tensions in the capital Kiev reached breaking point as tens of thousands of demonstrators surrounded the HQ.
They had been called on to march by opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
He and his supporters believed the presidential election, which took place at the weekend, was rigged.
According to the poll results, Kremlin-backed Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych won the presidency.
But after calls from outgoing president Leonid Kuchma for talks between the two sides, Mr Yanukovych stepped aside.
Mr Yushchenko will now become president, it has been reported.
The turmoil in the Ukraine followed a day of claims and counter-claims about the disputed presidential election, which has been condemned internationally as not being "free or fair".
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: elections; ukraine
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To: stefanbc
To: kupia_kummi
Didn't something similar happen in Georgia about a year ago?
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posted on
11/23/2004 9:32:43 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie.)
To: ukie
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posted on
11/23/2004 9:51:33 PM PST
by
Keith
(NOW, MORE THAN EVER....IT'S ABOUT THE JUDGES!)
To: kupia_kummi; All
I am confused myself seem Russia try take over Ukraine by fraud election I THINK
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posted on
11/23/2004 9:55:30 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: eleni121; DoughtyOne; zarf
George Gershwin WAS a Russian-born Jew and his real name was indeed Gyorgy Gershowitz! So you all are not that far off!
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posted on
11/23/2004 10:01:56 PM PST
by
PianoMan
(and now back to practicing)
To: rogue yam
Understand, the ruling party is involved in a transition of its own. The outgoing prez is not standing for re-election. It was his successor that was in the running, and who just stepped aside. He did so after the incumbent called for talks. Meaning, the guy presently in actual control of the government, was not backing to the hilt, the guy set to take over his party from him. The sitting (outgoing) prez played referee rather than partisan, in other words.
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posted on
11/23/2004 10:06:42 PM PST
by
JasonC
To: ukie
great analysis. i'll buy you one :)
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posted on
11/23/2004 10:06:44 PM PST
by
KOZ.
(Reducing liberalism from a threat to a mere nuisance. Just like prostitution.)
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To: PianoMan
Good call Piano Man!
I even read Edward Jablonski's bio of George and I forgot!!
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posted on
11/23/2004 11:24:29 PM PST
by
zarf
To: ganeshpuri89
Thanks for posting that information about Yushchencko.
I had wondered about his face. It is off putting for sure.
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posted on
11/24/2004 12:10:35 AM PST
by
texasflower
(Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
To: ukie
Your "facts" are lies, that can be debunked with a click. #1 -
Some precincts in the East voted more than 100%, with 97% of the vote going to Yanukovich. ...
http://www.cvk.gov.ua/wp301ept001f01=501
There was massive vote in some districts in the East, exactly like there was massive vote for Yushchenko in the rural West; nowhere were casted votes "more than 100%" of registered voters.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:14:30 AM PST
by
Truth666
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To: kupia_kummi
Why is no one else reporting this handover? If this is true it should be getting massive coverage
Comment #75 Removed by Moderator
To: TapTheSource
There's truth in it. No Ukrainian President can afford to ignore the industrialized and Russian-speaking East. Like it or not, Ukraine will always have relations with Russia. Its an inescapable fact of geography as well as bonds between Slavs.
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posted on
11/24/2004 3:53:15 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
Comment #77 Removed by Moderator
To: ukie
Ukraine divided
left green area - Yushchenko country and the percentage of votes for Yushchenko
right red area - Yanukovich country and the percentage of votes for Yanukovich
Looks like elections of 1860 in one north american country...
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:03:25 AM PST
by
bgarid
To: ukie
>I saw on one site that they are blaming the poisoning on dioxin. I've heard another version. Two, in fact. First, it was a plastical surgery accident. Second, Yushchenko has a leprosy.
Looking at this picture again, I am inclined to believe the latter
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:09:08 AM PST
by
bgarid
To: bgarid
It happened in an Austrian clinic
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:25:04 AM PST
by
Truth666
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