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ZIK.com.ua - Politics

ZIK.com.ua - Politics

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1 - Communists threaten to demand Azarov cabinet resignation
2 - Putin orders Russian diplomats and secret service to monitor Ukraine’s contacts with NATO
3 - If Yanukovych wipes out Mejlis, its place will be taken by radical extremists
4 - Authorities prevent protesters to travel to Kyiv, Batkivshchyna party says
5 - Agreements regulating functioning of BSF in pipeline
6 - Only fools can deny US military potential, Polish president says
7 - 1932-1933 genocide in Ukraine was invented by foreign historians, Tabachnyk says
8 - Ukraine asks Interpol to track down its runaway ex-minister
9 - New local elections law aimed to balkanize opposition electorate
10 - Regions change local elections law
11 - Ex-head of Ukraine’s central bank tells what’s behind Russia’s smiling face
12 - SBU rejects any involvement with German journalist
13 - SBU questions Ukrainians after their contacts with foreign journalists
14 - Merkel to try to pull Yanukovych out of Russia orbit, expert says
15 - Five ministers may face dismissal in September
16 - Former deputy DM detained on charges of corruption
17 - Kharkiv journalist may have disappeared due to his professional activities, interior minister says
18 - Lutsenko pledges allegiance to Yuia Tymoshenko
19 - There is no political elite in Ukraine, former president says
20 - Will Yanukovych change local elections law to make way for Tihipko and Yatseniuk?
1 - Communists threaten to demand Azarov cabinet resignation

Communists may call for the resignation of the cabinet, Radio Liberty quotes Communist leader Leonid Hrach as saying Sept. 4.

9/4/2010 1:29:00 PM

2 - Putin orders Russian diplomats and secret service to monitor Ukraine’s contacts with NATO

The Russian president instructed diplomats and intelligence services to monitor Ukraine’s ties with NATO, Dzerkalo tyzhnia quotes its source as saying.

9/4/2010 12:54:00 PM

3 - If Yanukovych wipes out Mejlis, its place will be taken by radical extremists

If the new regime wipes out the Mejlis (Assembly) of Crimean Tatars it will have to face radical Islamic movements, warns chief editor of the Crimean Issue bulletin Volodymyr Prytula, speaking to The Komentari weekly Sept. 3.

9/3/2010 11:36:00 AM

4 - Authorities prevent protesters to travel to Kyiv, Batkivshchyna party says

Bus companies in Lviv refuse to lease busses to Batkivshchyna Lviv branch to carry protesters for pickets outside Verkhovna Rada on Sept. 7, the party officials say.

9/3/2010 11:10:00 AM

5 - Agreements regulating functioning of BSF in pipeline

Agreements on the functioning of Russia Black Sea Fleet in Crimea have been drawn up, Dzerkalo tyzhnya says Sept. 3, quoting its source.

9/3/2010 10:42:00 AM

6 - Only fools can deny US military potential, Polish president says

Poland’s Pres Bronislaw Komorowski has said the rapprochement with Russia won’t stand in Warsaw’s way to back Ukraine in its European aspirations.

9/1/2010 12:13:00 PM

7 - 1932-1933 genocide in Ukraine was invented by foreign historians, Tabachnyk says

Speaking to Argumenty i fakty v Ukrayini, Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk called the 1932-1933 genocide in Ukraine the invention of foreign historians.

9/1/2010 11:23:00 AM

8 - Ukraine asks Interpol to track down its runaway ex-minister

The ex-economy minister in the Tymoshenko cabinet, Bohdan Danylyshyn, has been put on the Interpol wanted list, Ukrayinska Pravda reports Aug. 31.

8/31/2010 10:52:00 AM

9 - New local elections law aimed to balkanize opposition electorate

The ruling majority has given newly formed parties the green light to participate in the local elections with the sole purpose of balkanizing opposition voters, political expert Viktor Kotyhorenko of the Kyiv-based Kuras Institute of Political Research said, speaking to ZIK Aug. 30.

8/30/2010 12:25:00 PM

10 - Regions change local elections law

Aug. 30, in a bow to wide criticism from home and abroad, Ukraine lawmakers passed a new version of the local elections law authored by Regions Oleksandr Yefremov and supported by 264 lawmakers.

8/30/2010 10:14:00 AM

11 - Ex-head of Ukraine’s central bank tells what’s behind Russia’s smiling face

There is no denying that throughout the 19 years of Ukraine independence major economic challenges to Ukraine came from Russia, the ex-head of the Central bank board, Prof. Anatoly Halchynsky, said in an interview with Dzerkalo tyzhnya.

8/29/2010 3:30:00 AM

12 - SBU rejects any involvement with German journalist

The Security Service of Ukraine, SBU, had no contacts with Frakfurter Allgemeine Zeitung journalist in Ukraine Konrad Schuller, Interfax-Ukraine reports Aug. 28.

8/28/2010 10:02:00 AM

13 - SBU questions Ukrainians after their contacts with foreign journalists

The Security Service of Ukraine questions those who talked to foreign journalists, a Frakfurter Allgemeine Zeitung journalist in Ukraine Konrad Schuller told Ukrayinska Pravda.

8/28/2010 9:16:00 AM

14 - Merkel to try to pull Yanukovych out of Russia orbit, expert says

The visit of Pres Yanukovych to Germany will mark a milestone in the relations between both countries, Volodymyr Horbach of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation told ZIK Aug. 27.

8/27/2010 1:23:00 PM

15 - Five ministers may face dismissal in September

In September, Premier Azarov and his cabinet will report on their first 6 months in office. Some ministers may be dismissed for poor performance, The Delo says, referring to Regions heavyweight Volodymyr Rybak.

8/26/2010 1:22:00 PM

16 - Former deputy DM detained on charges of corruption

Aug. 20, Ukraine military prosecutors opened a criminal case against the former deputy defense minister in the Tymoshenko cabinet,Valery Ivashchenko, accusing him of abusing power and inflicting over $2 million in damages to the state, the general prosecutor’s office Aug. 23 website release runs.

8/26/2010 12:31:00 AM

17 - Kharkiv journalist may have disappeared due to his professional activities, interior minister says

Interior Minister Anatoly Mohiliov has assumed that the chief editor of a Kharkiv newspaper may have been hit by the persons he criticized in his articles, LIGABiznesInform reports Aug. 25.

8/25/2010 12:25:00 PM

18 - Lutsenko pledges allegiance to Yuia Tymoshenko

The leader of People’s Self-Defense party Yury Lutsenko is ready to do any work given to him by Yulia Tymoshenko, Lutsenko said, speaking on the 5th Kanal Monday, Aug. 23.

8/24/2010 12:52:00 AM

19 - There is no political elite in Ukraine, former president says

Ukraine’s first president Leonid Kravchuk believes Ukraine is significantly lagging behind Russia in terms of development.

8/23/2010 2:30:00 AM

20 - Will Yanukovych change local elections law to make way for Tihipko and Yatseniuk?

Pres Yanukovych has okayed changes to the local elections law, Dzerkalo tyzhnia says, referring to its sources among presidential insiders.

8/22/2010 1:40:00 AM

 
 
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