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The speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Vladimir Litvin, reported that he has got data list of the persons shadowing him under the new power. Litvin announced that he had been shadowing under Kuchma, "the new leadership confirmed it." "And when the same was repeated in the present time, (the heads of the Security Service of Ukraine) started making me to present real facts. My answer was the following, 'You practically had confirmed the fact of shadowing in that time. The same persons remained on the same work places. So, what do you want from me?" "You should find out...

UKRAINE’S opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, must choose between becoming President of a divided and bankrupt nation or severing links with radical allies and sharing power with a compromise figure, according to one of the country’s most powerful men. Viktor Pinchuk, son-in-law of Leonid Kuchma, the outgoing President, told The Times that a new presidential election, with some new candidates, was the only way out of the crisis. “If he is a patriot, he has to understand the real situation: we must find a compromise,” Mr Pinchuk, a billionaire and member of the Ukrainian parliament, said. “The best way is for...