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January 2001
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4 January
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(Thursday)
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UkraineТs Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office launches a criminal case against
the former security guard of the President of Ukraine Mykola MELNYCHENKO
on charges of defamation and forgery of documents.
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Economy
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Information from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine states, that
consumer price index (inflation index) in December 2000 constituted 101.6%
as compared to that of November 2000, and during the period
January-December 2000, it was 125.8%.
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5 January
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(Friday)
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UkraineТs Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office launches a criminal case against
the former President of the corporation , Vice Prime Minister Ms. Yulia TYMOSHENKO.
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9 January
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(Tuesday)
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine discusses the Program of Reform and
Strategic Development of the Coal Industry at its meeting.
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Economy
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The Pension Fund of Ukraine fully finances pension payments for January.
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10 January
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Official Events
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(Wednesday)
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Reporters to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Hanne
SEVERINSEN, Renata VOLVEND and Geza MISHEY arrive in Ukraine. Their visit
is a result of the concern of the Council of Europe over the state of
freedom of speech in Ukraine, particularly in relation to the GONGADZE
case and the publicizing of the audio recordings.
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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Prosecutor-General of Ukraine Myhailo POTEBENKO informs the Verkhovna Rada
of the investigations related to the criminal case on the disappearance of
the journalist Georgiy GONGADZE. The results of the expertise were
publicized, according to which, experts confirmed that the audiotapes
seemingly with the voice of the President are false. On these grounds, the
criminal case on the involvement of high state officials in the
disappearance of Georgiy GONGADZE is closed.
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Civic-political life
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Public meetings are held in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and
other oblasts, at the initiative of the Committee for Public Defence of
the Constitution of Ukraine, emphasizing that the Verkhovna Rada needs to
constitutionally implement the results of the All-Ukrainian referendum.
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11 January
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Thursday)
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Parliament, hearing information from the Prosecutor-General, approves a
resolution recognizing the performance of the Prosecutor-GeneralТs
Office with regard to the investigation of the GONGADZE case as
unsatisfactory. A decision is made that at the first plenary week of the
new VR session the Prosecutor-General will present a report on the status
of adherence to laws by bodies, engaged in operational inquiry, gathering
of information, investigation including judicial investigation.
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Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approves the new composition of the Permanent
delegation of Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe. Among a total of 12 members of the delegation 8 represent the
majority and 4 minority.
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12 January
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Official Events
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(Friday)
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Representatives of the international human rights organization
led by its Secretary General Robert MENARD
(France) arrive in Ukraine with the aim of studying the Georgiy GONGADZE
case.
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Militia dismounts the tents pitched by UNA-UNSO, Socialist Party and by
the parliamentary deputy Volodymyr MUKHIN in Kharkiv.
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15 January
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(Monday)
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Vice Prime Minister Yulia TYMOSHENKO is called by the
Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office, where she is accused with charges, but
released after signing a memo of non-exit from the country.
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16 January
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Tuesday)
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Parliamentary hearing on takes place at the Verkhovna Rada.
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17 January
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Wednesday)
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Creation of an inter-faction group ZUBR is announced. Initiators of the group are Pavlo
BAULIN and Victor RODENKO (Communist Party of Ukraine), Oleksandr
CHARODEYEV (), Myhailo STEPANOV (Socialist
Party of Ukraine), non-faction deputy Lyudmila BEZUGLA and others.
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As majority of the deputies refuses to register, the plenary session of
the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea does not start.
The deputies show their protest against the existing rule, which,
according to them, allows the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Leonid HRACH to manipulate with the decisions of the deputies.
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18 January
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Thursday)
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Parliamentary deputies of Ukraine set up a Temporary Special Commission
for the preparation and preview of the draft laws on amendments to the
Constitution, incorporating the results of the All-Ukrainian referendum by
public initiative. Deputy Speaker Stepan HAVRYSH is to head the said
Commission.
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The Law is approved
on proportional basis.
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19 January
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Official Events
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(Friday)
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President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA signs a Decree dismissing Yulia
TYMOSHENKO from the post of the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine in charge
of Fuel and Energy, after she was held criminally liable by a resolution
of the Prosecutor-General of Ukraine dated 15 January 2001.
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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Sixth session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ends its work.
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Head of the State Leonid KUCHMA signs a Decree .
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20 January
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Civic-political life
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(Saturday)
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Autonomous Republic of Crimea celebrates the 10th Anniversary
of the renewal of its status.
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22 January
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(Monday)
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Member of the Faction of the PeoрleТs Democratic Party of Ukraine,
parliamentary deputy Yuriy KONONENKO dies in Kharkiv.
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Civic-political life
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27 Centrist parties meet in Kyiv and decide to renew the functioning of
the bloc and create an organizing
committee for Assembly of Political Parties in support to the Presidential
Policy.
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25 January
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International Relations
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(Thursday)
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Urgent discussions on are held in the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe. Appropriate recommendations and
resolutions are adopted.
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28 January
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Civic-political life
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(Sunday)
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PeoрleТs Deputy of Ukraine, member of the faction -Kongres>
Oleksandr YEMETS dies of a car accident.
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Senior Archbishop Lubomyr HUZAR is elected the patriarchal chair of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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February
2001
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5 February
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Civic-political life
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(Monday)
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Assembly of political parties and civil society organizations at their
meeting adopted an appeal, highlighting the need to resolve the current
political crisis by peaceful means, and underscoring the need to amend the
Constitution incorporating the results of the referendum of last year.
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International Relations
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Head of the European Union made a statement on behalf of the European
Commission regarding the conditions of work of mass media in Ukraine and
reiterated its concern over the GONGADZE case.
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6 February
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Tuesday)
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VII Session of the 3rd Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine starts its
work.
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Civic-political life
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About 10 thousand people from different regions of Ukraine, participants
of the mass movement march in Kyiv from the
Taras SHEVCHENKO monument through Khreshchatik to the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine. A major meeting takes place on Khreshchatik Street.
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Economy
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Information from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine states, that
consumer price index (inflation index) in January 2001 constituted 101.5%
as compared to that of December 2000, and for the period January 1998 to
January 2001 it was 182.6%.
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8 February
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Thursday)
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PeoрleТs deputies of Ukraine adopt the new draft of the Law , incorporating
only one of the amendments proposed by the President in his veto. In
particular the рarliaнment
agreed that, local council deputies should work on a permanent basis.
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9 February
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(Friday)
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Pechersk Rayon
(District) Court recognizes the actions of the Deputy Prosecutor-General
of Ukraine Oleksiy BAHANETS towards the mother of the missing journalist
Georgiy GONGADZE, Lesya GONGADZE as unlawful and compelled him to consider
Lesya GONGADZE as the sufferer in the case of disappearance of her son.
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Civic-political life
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More than 20
political parties and civil society organizations unite to form the Forum
for National Salvation. The task of the Forum is to achieve the
resignation of the President of Ukraine, facilitate democratic
parliamentary and presidential elections, and change in the system of
power.
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10 February
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Official Events
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(Saturday)
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A Decree of
the President of Ukraine dismisses Leonid DERKACH from the post of the
head of the Security Service of Ukraine. By another Presidential Decree
Volodymyr RADCHENKO is appointed to this post.
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President of
Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA by a Decree dismisses Volodymyr SHEPEL from the post
of the Head of the State Security Guards Directorate of Ukraine. By
another Decree he appoints Valeriy STROHIY to this post.
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President of
Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA chairs a meeting of the Council of National Security
and Defence, on , where the members of the Council discussed the
current socio-political situation in Ukraine.
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11 February
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Civic-political life
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(Sunday)
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Another series
of mass action of take place in Kyiv.
Demonstrators walked from the Kontraktova Ploshcha to Khreshchatik, where
they had a meeting under the slogan . With
lit up candles in their hands, the participants created a live human chain
from Khreshchatik to the militia barriers in Bankova Street.
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12 February
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(Monday)
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Starokyivskiy
Rayon (District) Court by its ruling compels the organizers of the
movement to vacate Khreshchatik Street and
clear the tent city.
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International Relations
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US State
Department calls on the Ukrainian leadership to conduct scrupulous
investigation of the causes of the death of the opposition journalist
Georgiy GONGADZE.
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13 February
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(Tuesday)
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President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine Ivan PLIUSHCH and the Prime Minister of Ukraine Victor YUнSHCHENнKO
issue an appeal to the people of Ukraine on the current situation.
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Former Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, leader of the party
Yulia TYMOSHENKO is arrested.
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14 February
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Civic-political life
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(Wednesday)
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Representatives of the bloc conduct a
mass action of protest demanding the resignation
of the Interior Minister Yuriy KRAVCHENKO, Prosecutor-General of Ukraine
Myhailo POTEBENKO and Secretary of the Council of National Security and
Defense Yevhen MARCHUK.
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16 February
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Civic-political life
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(Friday)
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Representatives of the opposition conduct a meeting before the
Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office under the slogan .
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21 February
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(Wednesday)
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President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA uses his veto rights vis-p-vis the Law
of Ukraine , which
envisages election to the Verkhovna Rada on proportional bases.
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7th Session of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea approves its budget for 2001.
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22 February
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Thursday)
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Verkhovna Rada does not vote in favor of the resignation of the
Prosecutor-General Myhailo POTEBENKO. Not a single of the five draft
resolutions gets the required number of votes.
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23 February
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Official Events
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(Friday)
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A delegation of the US Congress visits Ukraine to assess the status of
freedom of speech in Ukraine.
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25 February
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(Sunday)
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Suspected of taking bribes in huge quantities, the Mayor of Kirovohrad
Oleksandr NIKULIN is detained.
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Civic-political life
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A mass meeting takes place in Kyiv under the slogan . Similar meetings take place in oblast cities
Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv and others.
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27 February
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(Tuesday)
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Based on the additional Russian expertise the Prosecutor-GeneralТs
Office recognized the to be the body of Georgiy
GONGADZE, and his mother and wife to be the victims.
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International Relations
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The annual report of the US State Department on human rights criticizes
official Kyiv. Particular attention is paid to the Georgiy GONGADZE case.
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March
2001
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1 March
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Civic-political life
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(Thursday)
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With supervision of about 2 thousand militia, the Kyiv Communal Services
dismounted the tent city on Khreshchatik and about 40 participants of the
protest were detained in Kyiv. The tents were wrapped up following a
decision of the Starokyivskiy Rayon (District) Court of Kyiv, which
recognized the mounting of these tents as illegal after repeated hearings
on this case.
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International Relations
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Ukraine is to chair the sessions of the UN Security Council from 1
to
31 March 2001.
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Economy
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People working in the sectors financed from the state budget have their
salaries raised on an average by 25% (education,
health care, science, culture and arts etc.).
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2 March
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(Friday)
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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issue a statement, in which it
expresses its concern over the so-called issue of the coalition government
that certain political forces have started raising.
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Civic-political life
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The Civic Committee in defence of the Constitution conducts a press conference on Khreshchatik, confirming its readiness
to an open investigation of the case of Georgiy GONGADZE and further fight
for the rights of the citizens of Ukraine by constitutional means only.
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3 March
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Civic-political life
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(Saturday)
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At the Congress of the party of Regional Revival < in Kyiv, a new name of the party of the Regions>
is approved and Mykola AZAROV, head of the State Tax Administration is
elected as the Head of the party.
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6 March
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(Tuesday)
|
President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA informs that, Ukraine has approached
Western private detective agencies for assistance in the investigation of
the so-called . These detective agencies will work
independent of the investigation, undertaken by the Prosecutor-GeneralТs
Office and other official investigative bodies in Ukraine.
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Economy
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Information from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine states, that
consumer price index (inflation index) in February 2001 constituted 100.6%
as compared to that of January 2001, and during the period
January-February 2001, it was 102.1%. For the period from January 1998
to February 2001 it was 183.7%.
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7 March
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International Relations
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(Wednesday)
|
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuroрeТs Monitoring Committee
approved a decision to propose to the Assembly to discuss in its April
session, the political situation in Ukraine and fulfilment of the
obligations taken upon by Ukraine during its entry into the Council of
Europe.
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9 March
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(Friday)
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President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA by a Decree announced certain
rayons (districts) of the Zakarpattya Oblast (region) as zones of
emergency disaster.
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Civic-political life
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|
|
During the celebration of the birthday of Taras SHEVCHENKO in Kyiv, a
clash between he representatives of the anti-presidential movement
and the law enforcement agencies occurred.
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Law enforcement bodies detained students from Lviv and Ternopil,
who came to Kyiv to attend the Founding Congress of
the civic association .
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The founding Congress of the civic association is held in
Kyiv.
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11 March
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(Sunday)
|
A meeting of
the Prime Minister of Ukraine Victor YUSHCHENKO with representatives of
the Coordination Council of the Parliamentary Majority decides, that a
bilateral working group be created in the nearest future to draft a
bilateral agreement, which will determine the principles of relations
between the Government and the Parliamentary Majority, in particular the
rights and duties of both sides.
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12 March
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
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|
(Monday)
|
The Verkhovna
Rada receives the Annual Address of the President of Ukraine.
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14 March
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Wednesday)
|
PeoрleТs
deputies hear information of the leaders of the law enforcement agencies
on the March 9 events.
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Civic-political life
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|
Participants
of picket the Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office,
Interior Ministry and the Administration of the President of Ukraine.
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|
International Relations
|
|
|
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sends a note to the Foreign Ministry of Russia
in relation to the training of the naval infantry of the Black Sea Fleet
of the Russian Federation in the hills of Crimea 13-16 February.
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15 March
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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|
(Thursday)
|
PeoрleТs
deputies refuse to listen to the representatives of those picketing
outside the Verkhovna Rada, explaining, that the Communists as the largest
group in the parliament, can very well articulate the demands of the
picketers.
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Civic-political life
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|
The party
(Reforms and Order), Narodniy Rukh Ukrainy,
Ukrainskiy Narodniy Rukh and the Congress of the Ukrainian Nationalists
announced the beнginning
of an all-Ukrainian action in support of the Prime Minister of Ukraiнne
Victor YUSHCHENKO, named,
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Representatives of the leftist forces picket the Verkhovna Rada and the
Cabinet of Ministers under the slogans and .
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19 March
|
Civic-political life
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|
(Monday)
|
PeopleТs
Deputy Serhiy HOLOVATIY at a press conference in Kyiv announces the
results of the expertise done in Germany. According to him, the results of
the German expertise cast great doubt whether the tissues belong to the
body of Georgiy GONGADZE,
which is now under judicial medical examination.
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20 March
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International Relations
|
|
(Tuesday)
|
The European
Union issued a statement in which the demand of President Leonid KUCHMA
that civil servants should declare their allegiance to power is considered
to be incompatible with the principles of democratic society, adherence to
human rights and the rule of law. The statement also calls for the
Ukrainian authorities to investigate the actions of the militia on March
9, as the use of force, according to the EU was more than desirable.
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21 March
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Wednesday)
|
A new deputy
group is announced and registered in the Verkhovna Rada called Regiony
Ukrainy (Regions of Ukraine).
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Coordination
Council of the Parliamentary majority considered the draft agreement
between the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
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22 March
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Thursday)
|
Deputies created a Temporary Special Investigative Commission for
investigating the events in Kyiv of March 9, 2001, including the beating
of deputy Valentina SEMENIUK.
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|
The Budget Code of Ukraine is approved as a whole with 391 deputies voting
in favor.
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|
Deputies could not overrule the veto of the President on the Law on
elections of peopleТs deputies. According to the proposal of the related
committee a new draft of the law was accepted, where the proposals of the
President are partially considered. This draft has been sent to the Head
of the State. The proportional system of elections has been preserved.
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Deputies approved the subsistence minimum for 2001 to be 311 Hryvnias per
head per month. (299 voted in favor).
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Law enforcement agencies arrest the leader of UNA-UNSO Andriy SHKIL.
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23 March
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Friday)
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Verkhovna Rada faction leaders meet the Prime Minister Victor YUSHCHENKO,
and discuss the draft political agreement between the Verkhovna Rada and
the Cabinet of Ministers, in particular, those proposals which are set
forth by the Cabinet of Ministers.
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Temporary Parliamentary Investigative Commission on the disappearance of
Georgiy GONGADZE adopts an appeal to the Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office and
the FBI for assistance in conducting expertise of the case of the missing
of Georgiy GONGADZE and phonoscopic examination of the cassettes of Major
MELNYCHENKO.
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Absence of quorum lead to paralyzing the work of the Verkhovna Rada for
three days. Opposition demands a rotation of the Presidium, implementation
of the decision of the Constitutional Court etc.
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Yulia TYMOSHENKO appears before the Pechersk Rayon (District) Court of
Kyiv. Authorized Representative on Human Rights Nina KARPACHOVA addressed
the court with a request to change the preventive measure.
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24 March
|
Civic-political life
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|
(Saturday)
|
Opposition representatives have a meeting and demonstration in Kyiv under
the slogan . Demonstrators walk from the monument
of Taras SHEVCHENKO to Myhailivska Ploshcha.
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25 March
|
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(Sunday)
|
President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA instructs the Prosecutor-General of
Ukraine Myhailo POTEBENKO to create a special investigative group,
including experienced investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine
and the Interior Ministry for additional investigation of the
circumstances behind the death of the PeopleТs Deputy of Ukraine
Vyacheslav CHORNOVIL.
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26 March
|
Official Events
|
|
(Monday)
|
A Decree of the President of Ukraine dismisses Yuriy KRAVCHENKO from the
post of the Interior Minister of Ukraine due to his transfer to another assignment. Another Decree of the President appoints Yuriy
SMIRNOV to this post.
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27 March
|
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(Tuesday)
|
Pechersk Rayon (District) Court of Kyiv issues a ruling on urgent release
of the former Vice Prime Minister Yulia TYMOSHENKO from arrest.
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28 March
|
Official Events
|
|
(Wednesday)
|
A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuroрeТs
Monitoring Committee led by Ms. Hanne Severinsen arrives in Ukraine on an
official visit. The aim of the visit is to undertake preparation of the
report on , to be considered by the Council at its
meeting.
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|
President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA signs a resolution . Ivan KURAS is appointed as the leader of the working group for
this concept.
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29 March
|
Civic-political life
|
|
(Thursday)
|
The Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs has their
extraordinary meeting.
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|
30 March
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
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|
(Friday)
|
President of Ukraine Leonid KUCHMA in a letter to the parliament proposes
the deputies to adopt the Laws on Political Parties and on Parliamentary
Majority as well as on Parliamentary Opposition all together .
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|
Plenum of the Kyiv City Court supported and approved the protest of the
Prosecutor-GeneralТs Office of Ukraine against the ruling of the
Pechersk Rayon (District) Court to release the former Vice Prime Minister
Yulia TYMOSHENKO from arrest.
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|
|
Civic-political life
|
|
|
party signs a contract with an American private
detective agency for investigating the disappearance of
journalist Georgiy GONGADZE.
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Economy
|
|
|
All debts to the staff of the budget financed institutions of the
Autonomous Republic of Crimea paid in full.
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April
2001
|
2 April
|
|
|
(Monday)
|
The Supreme Court of Ukraine annulled the decision of the presidium of the
Kyiv City Court, which kept the decision of the Pechersk Rayon (District)
Court of Kyiv to release ex-Vice Prime Minister Yulia TYMOSHENKO from
arrest unchanged.
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3 April
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
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|
(Tuesday)
|
Representatives of the parliamentary groups of the factions of the party
and PeopleТs Democratic Party of Ukraine sign an
agreement of cooperation interaction during the tenure of the current
parliament.
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|
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|
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine publicized a decision on the draft
laws, defined by the President as urgent. They should be immediately
included in the agenda of the Verkhovna Rada and considered to be the top
priority before the consideration of any other draft laws.
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|
|
Civic-political life
|
|
|
The 2nd Congress of the All-Ukrainian Union of Democratic
Forces
meets in Dnipropetrovsk. Participants analyze the work done during the
past two years and earmarked their program of activities for the nearest
future.
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|
4 April
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
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|
(Wednesday)
|
At a meeting, members of the Coordination Council of the Parliamentarian
Majority decide to re-register themselves.
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|
|
International Relations
|
|
|
A Round Table discussion comes
to an end in the US, throwing light on
recent trends in the development of political and economic relations
between the West and Ukraine.
|
|
|
Economy
|
|
|
Information from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine states, that
consumer price index (inflation index) in March 2001 constituted 100.6% as
compared to that of February 2001, and during the period January-March
2001, it was 102.7%. For the period from January 1998 to April 2001 it
was 184.8%.
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|
5 April
|
In the Verkhovna Rada
|
|
(Thursday)
|
The Criminal Code of Ukraine is approved on the whole (379 votes
in favor).
|
|
|
The draft Law on Political Parties is accepted with the proposals of the
President. Out of 18 proposals 5 are considered fully, 6 considered
partially and 7 rejected.
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|
|
Parliament on the whole adopted the Law on Special Prosecutor and Special
Investigators, who will investigate those cases, where the President of
Ukraine or other High State officials are convicted of committing crimes.
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Even at the first reading, the parliamentary deputies do not support the
draft law on parliamentary majority and parliamentary minority.
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6 April
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In the Verkhovna Rada
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(Friday)
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The Group of Deputies (Revival of the Regions)
is reformed and renamed into the faction of deputies (Democratic Union).
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International Relations
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Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe proposes that Ukraine be expelled from the Council of Europe.
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7 April
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Civic-political life
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(Saturday)
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A meeting of the Forum for National Salvation adopts the decision that it
will review in the nearest future the time period and technique of
conducting a referendum to stop the plenipotentiary of the President of
Ukraine before the end of his term.
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9 April
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Civic-political life
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(Monday)
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About 1000 students participants of the picket
the Administration of the President, demanding that the latter swears by
touching the Constitution, that he did not issue criminal orders,
including the murder of Georgiy GONGADZE.
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12 April
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Civic-political life
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(Thursday)
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Public Hearing of the Report of the Government on the implementation of
the Program for the year 2000 is held at the
Budynok Vchytelia (TeacherТs House) in Kyiv. Among its participants are
Prime Minister of Ukraine Victor YUSHCHENKO, First Vice Prime Minister
Yuriy YEHANUROV, Vice Prime Minister Mykola ZHULYNSKIY and most of the
ministers.
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International Relations
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Georgian branch of the international organization International>
organizes a protest against the disappearance of the journalist Georgiy
GONGADZE in Tbilisi in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Georgia.
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13 April
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(Friday)
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PeopleТs Democratic Party and Party of the Regions sign a Declaration of
Partnership and Cooperation.
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Civic-political life
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US State Department informs the Ambassador of Ukraine in Washington
Kostyantyn HRISHCHENKO of giving political asylum to Mykola MELNYCHENKO
and Myroslava GONGADZE.
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