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Yanukovych tells U.K's Cameron no fears for Ukraine's democracy

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych

11:46 06/10/2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has assured UK Prime Minister David Cameron that Ukraine will remain a democratic state, despite the recent reversal of a 2004 reform that curbed presidential powers.

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