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			<title>Hrytsenko: there are 2 ways to topple the regime – elections or Kalashnikov
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			<description><![CDATA[The October parliamentary elections will give Ukrainians a chance to change the situation in the country, the leader of Civil Position party Anatoly Hrytsenko said, answering Liga.net readers’ questions, Hrytsenko’s website May 14 report says. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Kharkiv agreement with Russia not beneficial for Ukraine, Azarov admits
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			<description><![CDATA[Premier Azarov has admitted that the Kharkiv agreements on the Black Sea fleet in Crimea had not resulted in the lower gas for the Russian gas. Azarov was addressing the “Ukraine and EU: what future?” conference in the European parliament May 15. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:35:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Yanukovych and Party of Regions between rock and hard place
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			<description><![CDATA[The Party of Regions will bend over backwards to win the October parliamentary elections, even at the cost of violence and intimidation, Prof. Oleksandr Motyl writes in his blog at The World Affairs May 15, The Tyzhden reports. 

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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Yanukovych playing for time with Tymoshenko appeal
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			<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Specialized Court has postponed considering Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal in the gas case for June 26, due to the absence of the defendant who is now in hospital, UNIAN reports May 15. 

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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Opposition warns majority against addressing labor code bill this week 
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			<description><![CDATA[The proposed labor code, if passed, will provoke large-scale social upheavals, a NUNS lawmaker, Yury Karmazin, warns, Tyzhden reports May 15. 

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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:06:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Kyrylenko: Regions starting to rock boat ahead of elections</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Regions party will try to distract attention from its abortive social policy by passing the bill this week on the Russian language, a highly divisive issue for Ukrainians, For Ukraine leader Vyacheslav Kyrylenko told UNIAN May 14. 

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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:22:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Yanukovych: we won’t tolerate humiliation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Speaking in Donetsk to journalists, Pres Yanukovych admitted the case of Yulia Tymoshenko has reached international proportions, UNIAN reports May 14. 

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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:31:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Yatseniuk: foreign secret services know all about corrupt Ukrainian officials</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The EU should impose sanctions against those Ukrainians who have bank accounts in foreign banks, not against Ukraine and its people, one of the leaders of the united opposition, Arseny Yatseniuk said May 14, Tyzhden reports. 

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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Yatseniuk: Yanukovych regime may even start shooting, but they will miss target
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			<description><![CDATA[In case of a win in the October parliamentary elections the opposition won’t prosecute the incumbent president, Front for Change leader Arseny Yatseniuk told Komersant-Ukrayina May 14, answering a question whether the opposition will try to put Yanukovych behind bars. 

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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Outline of Arseny Yatseniuk’s speech at united opposition forum in Kyiv</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Outline of Arseny Yatseniuk’s speech at united opposition forum in Kyiv

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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 13:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Tymoshenko’s husband tells Europe Yanukovych respects only force</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The husband of Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksandr, believes economic sanctions against the Yanukovych administration will be more effective than the diplomatic ones, Oleksandr Tymoshenko told Bulgaria’s The 24 Hours, Yu. Tymoshenko’s May 12 report says. 

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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 22:19:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Yanukovych: EU-initiated “pause” in EU-Ukraine relations to benefit both sides
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			<description><![CDATA[Meeting with Moldova Pres N. Timofti May 11, Viktor Yannukovych said, “At present, the EU has initiated a pause [in our relations – Ed.] I believe the pause will do good to Ukraine and the EU.”  

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:52:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Bus companies report police harassment ahead of May 12
opposition forum</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the nationwide forum of the Ukrainian opposition is due to start tomorrow, transportation companies and local politicians complain of harassment by local police to stop delegates from going to Kyiv, Ukrayinska Pravda said May 11. 

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:35:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Medvedchuk: Yushchenko not to be brought to account
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			<description><![CDATA[Speaking to ZIK TV May 10, Viktor Medevedchuk said ex-Pres Yushchenko betrayed Ukrainians by helping Yanukovych come to power.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:08:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Klitschko ready for compromise with united opposition
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			<description><![CDATA[Vitali Klitschko is ready to go for a compromise with opposition parties over the issue of forming a single list of candidates in the majority constituencies, previously his major disagreement with COD, UNIAN quotes Klitschko as writing in Facebook May 11. 

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:16:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>United opposition to showcase its program to change Ukraine on Saturday
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			<description><![CDATA[At its Nay 12 national forum in Kyiv, the united opposition is to showcase its plan how to change the country, Andry Pyshny, Arseny Yatseniuk’s colleague in the Front for Change, told Glavred May 10.  

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:59:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Prosecutors to pile another law-suit against Yulia Tymoshenko</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This time the Prosecutor General’s Office will charge Yu. Tymoshenko with masterminding and funding the murder of lawmaker and banker Yevhen Shcherban in 1996, said deputy PG Renat Kuzmin, one of the most avid critics of Yu. Tymoshenko in the administration, BBC Ukrainian service May 10 report runs. 

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:35:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>Tymoshenko blows whistle on Yanukovych for money laundering</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yulia Tymoshenko has asked international money-laundering watchdog FATF to investigate corruption and money laundering by the Yanukovych regime, her May 9 website report says.  


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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:10:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>COD to consider Klitschko’s proposal on how to form joint election lists</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Committee to Oppose Dictatorship uniting major opposition parties agreed to consider the proposals by UDAR’s leader Vitali Klitschko on the need to hold primaries to establish the ratings of candidates for the united opposition election roster, UDAR’s website May 9 report runs. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:52:00 +0300</pubDate>
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			<title>EU puts foot down, cancels Azarov’s visit to Brussels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The European Union canceled the visit by Ukraine’s Premier Azarov because of worsened political situation in Ukraine, EU President Herman van Rompuy told Euronews May 9, Ukrayinska Pravda reports May 9. 

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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:37:00 +0300</pubDate>
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