Defeated Candidate Reemerges in Ukraine; Ousted Pro-Moscow Figure Set to Become Prime Minister as Orange Revolution Coaltion Crumbles

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 8, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Ukraine's new coalition government of pro-Western democratic parties was predicted to be fragile. It proved so weak that it collapsed on Friday before it even got started.

And out of the rubble emerged the man who was cast as the villain in Ukraine's democratic triumph known as the Orange Revolution. In a remarkable turnaround, Viktor Yanukovich, the losing, pro-Moscow candidate in the disputed presidential elections that led to massive street protests in 2004, appears set to become prime minister.

This week was supposed to bring the formal reconstruction of the unstable alliance that led the ...

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