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New elections have gauged frustration at faltering progress since the Orange Revolution. But three new instant histories remind us how far Ukraine has come.
Yanukovich to head new government
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a new government headed by Viktor Yanukovich, ending two months of gridlock and the country’s worst political crisis since the Orange Revolution of 2004.
Factions invest hope in a marriage of opposites
Bringing together the parties of Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovich looks like a marriage of opposites with little chance of survival. Yet it may prove the most stable solution for a bitterly divided country.
Yanukovich returns to power in Ukraine
Viktor Yanukovich, the humiliated loser of Ukraine’s 2004 ‘Orange Revolution’, has staged a remarkable comeback after President Viktor Yushchenko nominated him as prime minister.
Ukraine wrestles with parliamentary crisis
Ukraine’s pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko appeared to be leaning towards dissolving a hostile parliament, saying attempts to reach a compromise agreement with a Moscow-leaning coalition in the legislature led by his arch-rival had failed.
Ukraine parliament in chaos over new coalition
Ukraine’s parliament was plunged into chaos with backers of the ‘Orange Revolution’ storming the rostrum and sounding sirens to halt debate.
Attempts to create Ukraine coalition collapse
Ukraine’s political future hung in the balance after plans to create a governing coalition composed of the victors in the country’s 2004 Orange Revolution collapsed.
Duma votes for Russian gas export monopoly
A law that will reinforce Gazprom’s monopoly on Russian gas exports gained preliminary approval in Russia’s lower house of parliament.
Ukraine parties break deadlock
The three main political groups that backed Viktor Yushchenko's presidential bid in the Orange revolution of 2004 have agreed to end months of wrangling and form a...
Russia agrees to hold gas prices for Ukraine
Officials in Kiev and Moscow announced that prices for natural gas supplied to Ukraine would not rise on Saturday, the deadline for reviewing prices set in a January.
EU gives blessing to gas pipeline
Plans for a 3,300-km pipeline to transport gas from the Caspian region to Europe secured political backing from the European Commission in a move which could bring the $5.8bn project closer to fruition.
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