Political Crisis
Averting a Post-Orange Disaster
As Ukraine’s economic, social and political crisis sharpens, more and more Ukrainians may question the wisdom of conducting a costly presidential election when the Ukrainian state is almost bankrupt–if not on the brink of collapse.
Ukraine’s political crisis goes into extra time
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko has given party leaders more time to find a way out of the ongoing political crisis. The country has been caught up in political deadlock since the ruling coalition between Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko’s bloc and the pro-presidential party collapsed last month.
Ukraine’s Prime-minister Calls for Early Presidential Elections
Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Yulia Timosheko, says an early parliamentary election could take place alongside a presidential vote. The statement came amid the country’s third major political crisis in four years, this time caused by the collapse of the governing ‘Orange’…
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