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Russia, Ukraine should build reliable relations - Yanukovych

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Russia, Ukraine should build reliable relations - Yanukovych

21:54 04/03/2010

Ukraine and Russia should build reliable and confident relations based on strategic partnership, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.

Putin views reopening of Russia-Georgia border as positive sign
20:54 04/03/2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the reopening of the only land border crossing between Russia and Georgia was a sign of improving ties between the two countries.
Georgian MPs accuse opposition head of 'treason' over Moscow visit
18:14 04/03/2010
Opposition leader Nino Burdzhanadze's visit to Moscow harms the national interests of the country, Georgian parliamentary deputies loyal to President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Thursday.
Ukrainian president to halve his salary
16:39 04/03/2010
Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday issued a decree ordering the government to cut his salary by half, his website said.
Ukrainian parliament eases rules for forming majority coalition
14:51 04/03/2010
Ukrainian deputies on Thursday passed in the first reading a draft to ease the rules for forming a majority coalition in parliament, a priority task needed to avert political instability in the country.
First post-Soviet Abkhazian leader dies after long illness in Moscow
11:21 04/03/2010
Vladislav Ardzinba, a man who spearheaded the rebellion of his Black Sea province of Abkhazia against Georgian rule, died on Thursday after a long illness aged 64, the Abkhazian parliamentary speaker said.

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