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October 03, 2007
For Now, Only Thing Certain Is Uncertainty

Even with more than 99 percent of the votes counted, Ukraine's parliamentary elections remain a nail-biter. What appeared to be a small but clear-cut victory for Ukraine's two pro-Western blocs has dwindled away as vote-counting nears the final stages.
September 30, 2007
Playing The Populist Card In Parliamentary Elections

If voters are to believe the promises ahead of Ukraine's early parliamentary elections, their lives should improve regardless of who wins. Except that no one could possibly foot the bill.
September 27, 2007
New Polls, No Promise Of Change

If the mood in the days ahead of Ukraine's September 30 parliamentary vote is any indication, voters have little reason to expect a reversal from the political discord that led to the early elections.
September 27, 2007
Ukraine: Playing The Populist Card

Ukrainians can read populism into the campaign (AFP) September 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- If Ukrainians are to believe the promises being made by the parties participating in the country's early parliamentary elections, their lives should improve regardless of who wins. The major players in the September 30 polls have all made generous pledges to the electorate. The question is how they plan to overcome the mathematical impossibility of paying for all that has been promised.
September 13, 2007
Turning The Opposition Into Dissidents

The recent wave of arrests of youth activists shows that the ruling regime has marginalized and alienated its opponents, leaving them with little more power than Soviet-era dissidents.
September 04, 2007
Parliament Reconvenes, Despite Four Dissolution Decrees

President Viktor Yushchenko called the session illegitimate, and said it was intended to derail upcoming preterm elections.
August 10, 2007
Ukraine: New Elections For Old Contenders

Voters will again have to choose whether to follow Yushchenko (right) or Yanukovych (left) (official site) August 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On August 2, Ukraine officially entered its campaign for early parliamentary elections to be held on September 30. The major political parties have already held conventions to approve their manifestos and candidates for the polls.
August 02, 2007
Belarus: Gas War With Russia Reaches New Level

Presidents Lukashenka (left) and Putin are no longer on such pleasant terms (file photo) (CTK) August 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Gazprom announced on August 1 that, starting on August 3, it will reduce its gas supplies to Belarus by 45 percent to reflect the level of payment for Russian gas by Belarus this year.
July 18, 2007
Theories Abound In Ouster Of KGB Chief

The chairman of Belarus's State Security Committee (KGB) was dismissed just days after the KGB claimed success in uncovering a spy ring.
June 13, 2007
Political Class Misses Its Station

As parliament refuses to disband despite agreeing to early elections, the president has compared it to a group of drunken soldiers who forgot to get off a train.
May 30, 2007
For Parliament, Even Two Days Together Too Much

The political standoff between Ukraine's president and parliament appears to be subsiding -- but not without problems.
May 25, 2007
Face-Off Over Prosecutor Worsens Crisis

The president's firing of the prosecutor-general has led to a standoff between security forces loyal to the president and the prime minister.
May 10, 2007
Progress Toward Early Elections Remains Unsure

An agreement to end Ukraine's political standoff is bogged down in arguments over details.
April 27, 2007
Ukraine Reaps The Harvest Of Presidential Indecision

Ukraine is edging toward political and legal chaos, which may culminate in violence if the president, prime minister, and parliament fail to find a solution quickly.
April 03, 2007
Post-Soviet Politics | Institutional weakness to blame

April 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Here we go again. The streets of Kyiv are filling up with opposing demonstrators clad in orange and blue. Just another crisis in the new democratic Ukraine.
March 27, 2007
Lukashenka Changes Tactics Against The Opposition

Instead of the heavy-handed use of police pressure, the regime is holding competing events and otherwise distracting attention from opposition rallies.
March 16, 2007
A Bumpy Ride For Lukashenka

Observers say the first year of Alyaksandr Lukashenka's third term as Belarusian president has been a rocky road.
March 06, 2007
Retribution Behind Calls For Early Elections

With the ruling party and the opposition pushing for early elections, is the country facing more bitter electioneering this year?
February 20, 2007
Why Can't The Opposition Just Get Along?

One of the opposition's best-known figures says an upcoming congress will be nothing more than "internal squabbling" over leadership.
February 08, 2007
Profile | Father of the nation or fatherless son?

February 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka recently made headlines by disrupting Russian oil supplies to Europe during a row with Moscow over energy price hikes. The standoff capped a season that saw Lukashenka throw his weight behind a number of proposals certain to damage ties with Moscow -- a union state with Ukraine, a transit-country alliance meant to counteract Russian pressure, and even eventual eurozone and EU membership for Belarus. What motivates "Europe's last dictator" to taunt a massively powerful neighbor that is also one of his few remaining allies?

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