Topic: Viktor Yushchenko
__ VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH: The Soviet industrial manager ran for president in 2004 with the backing of the Kremlin and then-Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. He was initially declared the winner but opposition forces charged the vote was rigged. Hundreds of thousands of protesters blockaded the capital of Kiev in ...
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovich head into a final clash for the presidency on Sunday, but the prospect of post-election unrest threatens any quick return to stability, analysts say. Many commentators now predict a narrow victory by Yanukovich over Tymoshenko after a bitter campaign of smears and insults in which each has accused the other of ...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko once commanded such respect that hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Kiev when he lost a fraudulent election. But the former hero of the Orange Revolution could hardly have sunk any lower. In his bid for re-election this month, he drew ...
