- 13:27 22/02/2010
Chinese President Hu Jintao has congratulated newly elected Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on his victory and said China was ready to develop ties with the former Soviet state, Yanukovych's press-service has said.
- 15:41 20/02/2010
Ukraine's outgoing President Viktor Yushchenko congratulated on Saturday his successor Viktor Yanukovych on his legitimate election as president.
- 12:26 20/02/2010
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Saturday she would withdraw her legal appeal contesting the victory of Viktor Yanukovych in the recent presidential election runoff.
- 12:18 15/02/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday the results of presidential elections in Ukraine reflected a desire to improve ties with Russia.
- 19:40 14/02/2010
Ukraine's president-elect, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, said Sunday he would not let his rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko remain on her post but pledged to take into account the interests of her supporters.
- 17:23 14/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych won Ukraine's presidential election, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) officially declared Sunday.
- 17:02 14/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych won Ukraine's presidential election, the country's Central Election Commission officially declared Sunday.
- 12:44 14/02/2010
Ukraine's national Olympic team participating in the Vancouver Winter Olympics congratulated Viktor Yanukovych with his victory at the country's recent presidential elections, the National Olympic Committee reported on Sunday.
- 22:14 13/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has announced that the election of Viktor Yanukovych as president was illegitimate.
- 11:02 13/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych, the expected next Ukrainian president, says he cannot rule out Russia's Black Sea Fleet remaining in Ukraine after its lease on the Sevastopol naval base expires in 2017.
- 03:49 13/02/2010
A member of the team of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said they will say sorry if opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is officially declared the winner of Ukraine's presidential elections after votes are recounted at certain polling stations.
- 17:09 12/02/2010
Even before official presidential vote results have been announced in Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych has received a flurry of congratulations from Western powers and organizations, as they continue to distance themselves from "orange" leaders.
- 17:05 12/02/2010
Vladimir Frolov, president of LEFF Group, a political consultancy that worked with several candidates in the Ukrainian election campaign, told Chief Editor of RussiaProfile.org Andrei Zolotov Jr. that while the elections showed development in Ukraine’s democracy and nationhood, they also demonstrated the failure of the Orange Revolution leaders
- 12:27 12/02/2010
Yulia Tymoshenko has held the first meeting of the Ukrainian government after the election.
- 02:01 12/02/2010
Polish President Lech Kaczynski congratulated Viktor Yanukovych on winning Ukraine's presidential election and invited him to Poland, his aide, Mariusz Handzlik, has said.
- 22:19 11/02/2010
U.S. President Barack Obama and the European Union's first president, Herman Van Rompuy, have congratulated Viktor Yanukovych on winning Ukraine's presidential election.
- 21:28 11/02/2010
The first president of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, and U.S. President Barack Obama have congratulated Viktor Yanukovych on winning Ukraine's presidential election.
- 19:53 11/02/2010
VTsIOM, a Russian Publick opinion research center, released the results of a poll on Russian-Ukrainian relations.
- 17:46 11/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych's opposition Party of Regions said on Thursday they were winning the court battle over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's complaints of vote-rigging in Ukraine's presidential election.
- 17:34 11/02/2010
Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, set to win the presidential election in Ukraine, has called on his rival for the post of president, Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko party (BYuT), to step down.
- 13:24 11/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday she doesn't believe that presidential elections winner Viktor Yanukovych will keep his pledge to raise living standards.
- 23:39 10/02/2010
Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) is split in opinions on fraud reports during the presidential election runoff, with some calling the reports "legal spam" and others calling for recount.
- 18:19 10/02/2010
Ukraine's presidential election was rigged in some regions and this has been proven legally, a Ukrainian first deputy prime minister said Wednesday.
- 16:38 10/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych, who preliminary results showed narrowly winning Ukraine's presidential election, on Wednesday urged his opponent, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, to resign and move into the opposition.
- 16:30 10/02/2010
Roland Oliphant, Staff Writer of RussiaProfile.org has just returned from Ukraine after covering the presidential elections. In a conversation with the Chief Editor of RussiaProfile.org Andrei Zolotov, Jr., he speaks about his impressions of the presidential elections. Were they a condemnation or a vindication of the “Orange Revolution” which took place five years ago? Will the elections change much in Ukraine’s relations with Russia?
- 15:28 10/02/2010
The apparent winner of Ukraine's presidential election said on Wednesday he would prioritize relations with Russia and other former Soviet states as president.
- 15:23 10/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych, who preliminary results showed narrowly winning Ukraine's presidential election, on Wednesday urged his opponent, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, to resign and move into the opposition.
- 14:44 10/02/2010
Ukraine's opposition Party of Regions could form a coalition and dismiss the present government next week, the party's deputy chairman said on Wednesday.
- 14:16 10/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych narrowly won Ukraine's presidential election with 48.95% of the vote, according to preliminary results announced on Wednesday after election authorities finished counting ballots.
- 12:57 10/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych received 48.95% of the vote in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election, 3.48% ahead of his opponent, election authorities said on Wednesday after completing the vote count.
- 12:53 10/02/2010
The party of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is demanding a recount of ballots in Sunday's presidential polls, which were narrowly won by opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych.
- 17:56 09/02/2010
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill called on all Orthodox believers to pray for political stability in Ukraine, his press service said on Tuesday.
- 17:56 09/02/2010
The Ukrainian Central Election Commission has released the preliminary results of the country’s second round of voting.
- 17:23 09/02/2010
Russia on Tuesday congratulated Viktor Yanukovich on his victory in Ukraine's presidential election, saying that it hoped for better ties with his government.
- 16:39 09/02/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday on his victory in Ukraine's presidential election.
- 16:07 09/02/2010
A new Cabinet could be formed in Ukraine as early as Thursday if a former premier, Yury Yekhanurov, is approved for prime minister, a source in the ex-Soviet nation's Communist Party said on Tuesday.
- 15:57 09/02/2010
The United States on Tuesday praised the conduct of Ukraine's presidential election as a step forward in the country's democratic development.
- 15:27 09/02/2010
Ukraine's opposition Party of Region, whose leader Viktor Yanukovych looks set to become president after tight polls on Sunday, said on Tuesday it could put together a coalition this week giving him control over parliament.
- 14:23 09/02/2010
Yulia Tymoshenko will contest the presidential runoff results in court if reports of extensive voting procedure breaches in several regions of the country prove true, a deputy leader of her bloc said on Tuesday.
- 12:41 09/02/2010
Russia should not congratulate Viktor Yanukovych until he officially becomes Ukraine's president to avoid repeating its mistake of 2004, the speaker of the lower house of parliament warned on Tuesday.
- 10:42 09/02/2010
With 99.91% of the vote counted, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has a 3.47% lead over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's presidential polls runoff, the country's election authority said on Tuesday.
- 09:56 09/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not recognize opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych as president and has hinted that a third round of election could be held, a Ukrainian online edition said on Tuesday.
- 23:00 08/02/2010
Frontrunner Viktor Yanukovych's supporters plan to spend the night in front of the Central Election Commission building as the vote count after the crucial presidential runoff continues.
- 20:04 08/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych's narrow victory over archrival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the presidential runoff is likely to give him Ukraine's top job, but not a free hand to carry out his plans, analysts said on Monday.
- 19:32 08/02/2010
Last night’s exit polls told a consistent story – Victor Yanukovich seemed to have won a narrow but clear victory of between three and five percent of the vote. But as the actual votes were counted, the real gap turned out to be much smaller – at the time of writing, Yanukovich has only a less than three percent lead. That is a narrow enough margin of error for Yulia Tymoshenko to challenge the results in court, but the public seems to not be in the mood for street protests in favor of either candidate.
- 19:25 08/02/2010
Preliminary results of the vote
- 17:22 08/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko scrapped a planned news conference on Monday at which she was expected to address Sunday's presidential election, whose incomplete results have her narrowly losing.
- 16:44 08/02/2010
The second round of the presidential election in Ukraine ended at 8:00 p.m. (9 p.m. Moscow time) on February 7. According to the Central Election Commission, which has processed 95.04% of the ballots cast, Viktor Yanukovych, leader of the Party of Regions, leads Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by only 2.09%.
- 16:40 08/02/2010
Sunday's presidential runoff in Ukraine was in line with democratic norms, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on its website on Monday.
- 15:27 08/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych leads Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by 2.59% in Ukraine's presidential polls runoff, election officials said on Monday.
- 14:17 08/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych leads Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by 2.41% in Ukraine's presidential polls runoff, the Central Election Commission said on Monday.
- 13:54 08/02/2010
The gap between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has narrowed to 2% and continues to fall rapidly following Sunday's presidential runoff in Ukraine, while preliminary statistics show several regions supporting one of the two candidates almost unanimously.
- 12:32 08/02/2010
There have been no reports of extensive breaches of voting procedure at Ukraine's presidential polls runoff, the chief of the EU monitoring mission said on Monday.
- 12:05 08/02/2010
Yulia Tymoshenko has further cut Viktor Yanukovych's lead in Ukraine's presidential runoff to 2.09%, the Central Election Commission said on Monday.
- 11:58 08/02/2010
Polls opened on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff, with Ukrainians having to choose between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a bitterly fought election
- 11:54 08/02/2010
Ukraine is set for a nail-biting conclusion to tense presidential polls, with both Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko still able to claim victory in the former Soviet republic.
- 08:44 08/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych's lead over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the second round of Ukraine's presidential polls has narrowed to 2.76% with 85% of the vote counted, election officials said on Monday.
- 05:39 08/02/2010
The gap between Ukraine's presidential candidates Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko narrowed to less than 4% after 70.30% of votes were counted.
- 03:55 08/02/2010
Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is 5% ahead of his presidential opponent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko after 52.08% of ballots have been counted.
- 02:57 08/02/2010
Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych advised his presidential election opponent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to be ready to resign from her post.
- 02:33 08/02/2010
Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych leads Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by over 7% in the country's presidential election runoff after 30.41% of the ballots have been counted.
- 02:17 08/02/2010
Results of Ukraine's presidential election runoff will be announced on Wednesday or even Thursday, an official with the country's election committee said.
- 00:29 08/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's presidential election with different exit polls giving him from 48.7% to 50.26%
- 00:12 08/02/2010
Ukrainian pollsters present preliminary results of exit-polls
- 23:48 07/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych who, according to exit polls and preliminary official data, narrowly won Sunday's presidential election runoff in Ukraine, has pledged to launch reforms to scale down the consequences of the crisis.
- 23:15 07/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly won Ukraine's presidential election with different exit polls giving him from 48.7% to 50.26%.
- 22:27 07/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who appears to have narrowly lost Sunday's presidential election runoff to rival opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, said it was too early to name the winner, and pledged to defend each vote cast for her.
- 22:11 07/02/2010
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a colorful politician, has, according to exit polls, lost Sunday's presidential election runoff in Ukraine.
- 21:39 07/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych, who believes Ukraine's presidency was unfairly taken away from him five years ago, has, according to exit polls, staged a comeback after his 2004 defeat.
- 21:11 07/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading in Sunday's Ukrainian presidential election runoff with different exit polls giving him from 48.7% to 50.26%.
- 20:59 07/02/2010
A number of odd events happened throughout Ukraine as the country was voting in a presidential election runoff on Sunday. These included topless girls protesting and a voter eating his ballot paper.
- 17:15 07/02/2010
The voter turnout in Sunday's presidential election runoff in Ukraine was 46.39% as of 15:00 Kiev time [13:00 GMT], preliminary data from the ex-Soviet state's Central Election Commission said Sunday.
- 15:52 07/02/2010
The supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych who is facing off Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine's Sunday presidential runoff are planning a massive rally in the capital after the vote, the Interior Ministry said.
- 13:25 07/02/2010
Ukrainians will feel shame for the results of the presidential elections, with opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko facing each other in the runoff, President Viktor Yushchenko said on Sunday.
- 11:50 07/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych cast his vote on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff election, pledging change to the ex-Soviet republic plagued by falling living standards, corruption and political infighting.
- 09:34 07/02/2010
Polls opened on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential runoff, with Ukrainians having to choose between opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a bitterly fought election.
- 00:55 07/02/2010
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will face a close race in Ukraine's runoff presidential election on Sunday as none of the candidates has secured an overwhelming support of the voters since the first round.
- 20:04 06/02/2010
Ukraine's presidential contenders on Saturday exchanged accusations of fraud and preparations for provocative acts at the crucial vote runoff due tomorrow.
- 15:28 06/02/2010
Former central banker Sergei Tigipko, who came third in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election, reiterated on Saturday he was ready to be prime minister if either of the two candidates wins a runoff.
- 11:46 06/02/2010
Following hours of talks a group of Russian citizens representing a CIS election monitoring group was allowed to enter Ukraine after being stopped on the ex-Soviet nation's border, a mission deputy chief said.
- 10:04 06/02/2010
Ukraine's border control service stopped on Saturday a group of CIS observers from Russia, a deputy mission chief said.
- 23:22 05/02/2010
Ukraine's National Security Service (SBU) prevented on Friday a terrorist attack on Kiev's Independence Square, the Unian news agency reported.
- 19:05 05/02/2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has put into force a decision of the National Security and Defense Council to enhance security measures for the presidential election's second round slated for Sunday.
- 16:59 05/02/2010
Ukraine is electing its president February 7. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych are contending for the post of the head of state
- 13:44 05/02/2010
A Ukrainian nationalist leader on Friday urged his supporters to back Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in this weekend's presidential poll runoff in a bid to defeat pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovych.
- 12:38 05/02/2010
Russia hopes the February 7 Ukrainian presidential runoff will go ahead without incidents of a destabilizing nature, a Foreign Ministry source said on Friday
- 10:24 05/02/2010
A new election law that has triggered a brawl in Ukraine's parliament and led to threats of mass protest rallies echoing the 2004 "orange revolution" came into force on Friday ahead of a crucial presidential poll this weekend.
- 20:45 04/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is facing a presidential runoff on Sunday against frontrunner Viktor Yanukovych, threatened on Thursday to replay the "orange revolution" over presidential election amendments.
- 15:50 04/02/2010
Ukraine's president signed on Thursday amendments to election laws just days ahead of the February 7 presidential runoff, the presidential website said.
- 13:46 04/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko threatened on Thursday to call mass protests if election rules are amended days ahead of a poll runoff.
- 22:51 03/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko called on President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday to veto amendments to the presidential election law the ex-Soviet state's parliament adopted earlier today.
- 22:17 03/02/2010
Ukraine's ex-president, Leonid Kuchma, blamed the country's current authorities on Wednesday for straining ties with its traditional ally, Russia.
- 19:52 03/02/2010
Ukraine's parliament, the Supreme Rada, adopted on Wednesday amendments to the law on presidential elections, canceling the two-thirds quorum required for electoral commissions' decisions to be legal.
- 15:23 03/02/2010
Passions reached boiling point on Wednesday in Ukraine ahead of the February 7 presidential polls runoff as MPs came to blows in parliament.
- 13:15 03/02/2010
Georgia has no plans to send observers to monitor the February 7 Ukrainian presidential polls runoff, but rejects accusations that it tried to disrupt the first round of voting.
- 23:45 02/02/2010
Russia and Ukraine's national security services traded espionage accusations on Tuesday, just days before Ukrainians vote in presidential polls.
- 12:02 02/02/2010
Candidates strengthened their positions throughout the country
- 02:09 02/02/2010
Front-runner in Ukraine's presidential election Viktor Yanukovych vowed to bring the country out of the economic crisis if he becomes the president.
- 22:59 01/02/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko attacked her presidential election rival Viktor Yanukovych over his refusal to take part in a televised debate on Monday.
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