Yushchenko seeking to destabilise elections in order to cling on to power

Ukraine’s second most popular presidential candidate, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, suspects that President Viktor Yushchenko -who is running for a second term- of conspiring to disrupt the presidential election scheduled for January 17, 2010. Yushchenko, to whom opinion polls give no more than 2-4 percent of popular support, has appealed to the constitutional court against several provisions in a new election law.

Yushchenko’s proposed Constitutional reform: Ukraine’s Greatest Threat to Democracy

Whilst Yushchenko spouses the words of democracy his actions and policies are far from being democratic or constitutional.

In a desperate attempt to regain relevance Yushchenko wants his version of the constitution to be put to referendum at the next Presidential election in which he hopes to control the agenda.

Yushchenko is more unpopular in Ukraine than in Russia

Dmitry Medvedev’s decision to refrain from sending the Russian ambassador to Kiev has been interpreted by the media and analysts as Moscow’s rupture with the Ukrainian president.

Allies desert Yushchenko; new movements emerge

President lost control of his faction in parliament, a portentous development as more of his allies are fleeing his camp to back Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

Yushchenko’s Son Spends $500,000 Dollars On His New Girlfriend

KIEV, Ukraine — Andrei Yushchenko, the son of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, has found himself in the middle of another scandal again. Ukrainians continue to discuss a very expensive taste of both the presidential son and his new girlfriend Elizaveta Efrosinina

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.

Crisis in Ukraine: Coalition on the rocks again

Ukraine is in the grip of a fresh crisis, with another face-off between former Orange Bloc allies President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko underway. The president has accused Tymoshenko of ‘high treason’ and ‘working with Russia’ as she…

Yushchenko Declares War on Democracy President struggles to stay in power at all costs

Ukraine’s President, Viktor Yushchenko, faced with growing disillusionment in his administration, had indicated that he will, once again, dismiss Ukraine’s Parliament.

The announcement followed a decision by the President’s political faction Our Ukraine to withdraw from the governing coalition sparking a…