Ukraine’s and Russia’s Prime Ministers holding a meeting

News / 30 November 2006 | 17:58

Today, November 30, Prime Minister of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych is paying a working visit to the Russian Federation to meet with his colleague Mikhail Fradkov to discuss urgent issues of bilateral relations between the states and preparation to a meeting of presidents of the both countries.

The head of Ukrainian government noted that “the work is underway on all directions with successful results.”

According to both officials, systematic meetings of heads of governments are a guarantee of bridging strong economic relations between the states.

Negotiation at the level of PMs of Ukraine and Russia are being held in the margins of agreements, agreed during the work of the intergovernmental committee on economic cooperation affairs.

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Ukraine’s PM awarded with the Olympic Order

News / 30 November 2006 | 17:44

The executive committee of the International Olympic Committee decorated Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych with the highest order of the international Olympic movement, the Olympic Order, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine press service reported.

“The chief executive body of the IOC backed a petition by the NOC and resolved to decorate Prime Minister Yanukovych with the Olympic Order”, the report said.

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Ukraine’s parliament wants to dismiss Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko

News / 30 November 2006 | 17:30

Members of the anti-crisis coalition propose to dismiss Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko. The corresponding draft resolution has been registered Thursday by members of the Party of Regions faction Oleh Kalashnikov, SPU faction Vasyl Volga, CPU faction Ihor Alekseyev.

The Verkhovna Rada has also registered a draft resolution on dismissal of Borys Tarasyuk from the post of Foreign Minister of Ukraine.

The explanatory note says that initiators of the dismissal considers the “constant groundless declarations of Tarasyuk, non-fulfillment of his duties and absence of constructive work negatively influence realization of the state policy as regards NATO, worsen relations with Russia and cause a number of economic problems in the country.”

Due to the mentioned above and because of that Tarasyuk hampers the work of the cabinet the deputies of Ukraine propose to dismiss the minister from the holding post.

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Yanukovych gives consent to Lutsenko’s dismissal

News / 30 November 2006 | 16:50

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered a resolution of Prime Minister Yanukovych on dismissal of Yuri Lutsenko from the post of Interior Minister of Ukraine.

The document has been submitted for consideration by the Cabinet of Ministers.

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Kuchma advises the Ukraine’s President not to hamper Yanukovych

News / 30 November 2006 | 16:37

Former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma considers that dismissal of Borys Tarasyuk from the post of Foreign Minister of Ukraine will not weaken the position of the President in the system of the power.

“Tarasyuk’s dismissal will not weaken the President’s positions as he can submit more or less agreed candidature of a politician, position of whom does not differ from the position of the government,” Kuchma said.

He is convinced that the position of the government and the parliamentary coalition is weakened by “ministers who do not share the opinion of the ruling coalition.” “Do you think we are respected in the world when a minister can forbid a Prime Minister to pay a working visit to a country? Believe me I never signed any orders concerning Prime Minister’s behaviour,” Kuchma explained.

The ex-president also considers that the United States has invited PM Yanukovych to learn his opinion on events happening in Ukraine. “The President’s opinion they already know,” he pointed out.

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Yushchenko appointed Dryzhchany a deputy secretary of NSDC

News / 30 November 2006 | 16:14

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko has appointed Ihor Zryzhchany a deputy secretary of National Security and Defense Council.

The corresponding decree has been signed on Thursday, president’s press office reported.

On Wednesday the President submitted a resolution on dismissal of Ihor Dryzhchany from the post of the head of Security Service of Ukraine.

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Ukraine’s parliament recommends Yanukovych to dismiss Lutsenko

News / 30 November 2006 | 15:06

Reporting on facts of corruption in Interior Ministry of Ukraine, the head of the temporary investigation commission on this issue Volodymyr Sivkovycj revealed that for the entire time of his being in office Lutsenko has provided almost all faction of Our Ukraine with guns.

“I have a list of guns, which belongs to almost all members of your faction,” Sivkovych said addressing OU memner Lilya Grygorovych. He specified that the majority of parliamentarian got guns on their birthdays, 47 pistols totally.

Commenting on Sivkovych report, Lutsenko stated that the power in force does not need honest elections. “The people have got the hang of your so-called ‘improvement of life’, which turned into poverty,” the minister said.

Lutsenko underlined that sooner or later he would move to opposition. “I won’t become a factor of split of the democratic forces. I extend my hand to Yulia Tymoshenko and Roman Bezsmertny, and I am sure Oleksandr Moroz will join us soon,” Lutsenko pointed out.

After the deputies’ speeches, MPs set a vote for dismissal of Yuri Lutsenko from the minister’s post and decided to recommend PM Yanukovych to remove Lutsenko from the government. 232 deputies have backed the corresponding resolution.

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Our Ukraine to stand up for Borys Tarasyuk

News / 30 November 2006 | 14:45

The Our Ukraine faction will not allow dismissal of Foreign Minister of Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk. OU member Vyacheslav told ForUm’s correspondent in an interview.

“We will fight for this post due to a number of reasons. The first reason is that we must defend the course of the foreign policy of the President. The second one is that Tarasyuk is a professional, and nobody has ever filed professional complaints against Tarasyuk for the two-year period of his being in office. As for political complaints, they are voiced out all the time,” he underscored.

Kyrylenko noted that it is not the first time the anti-crisis coalition tries to dismiss Tarasyuk knowing the President’s position on this issue.

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