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09.02.10
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Pro-Moscow Yanukovych 'to Win Ukraine Election'
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| BBC News |
Ukraine's pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych will win a narrow victory in the country's presidential election, electoral officials say. Read more  |
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09.02.10
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French Sell Amphibious Assault Ship To Russia
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| The Associated Press |
| France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defence officials said Monday. It would be the first major arms deal between Russia and a NATO member. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Consider Yourself Warned, IOC's Rogge Tells Russia
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| Reuters |
| Russia has been warned to get its anti-doping act together days before the start of the Vancouver Olympics after several of their athletes have been busted for taking banned drugs in the past months. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Ukraine's Future Wasn't Orange
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| The Guardian |
| The pro-western 'revolutions' that were supposed to mark post-communist politics have failed to materialise. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Gates: Concern About Warship Sale To Russia
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| The New York Times |
| Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told French officials Monday that he was concerned about their plans to sell Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia, although there is little if anything the United States could do to block the deal, officials said. Read more |
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09.02.10
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France And Russia In Warship Deal
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| BBC News |
| France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced warship and is considering a request from Moscow for three others, French defence officials say. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Orange Squashed
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| The Economist |
| Viktor Yanukovich seems the likely winner of Ukraine’s presidential election. Read more |
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09.02.10
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For Kremlin, An Election In Ukraine Cuts Two Ways
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| The New York Times |
| The apparent victory of Russia’s preferred candidate in the Ukrainian presidential race may be a relief to Vladimir V. Putin, who has long sought to discredit his neighbor’s raucous democracy and its drift to the West. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Decision Time For Ukraine's Tymoshenko
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| BBC News |
| The people of Ukraine now await the word of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Trial Hears Berezovsky Suffered 'savage Libel'
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| The Guardian |
| Oligarch sues Russian TV channel for claim he was involved in polonium poisoning of former Russian agent. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Did Ukraine's Election Reverse It's Color Revolution'?
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| Washington Post |
| Ukraine's Orange Revolution erupted in 2004 because of an attempt by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his proxies to impose on Ukraine a version of Russia's corrupt authoritarianism -- beginning with a fraudulent presidential election. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Ukraine Election Result: Voters React
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| BBC News |
| Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is heading for a narrow victory over his rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in the country's presidential election, according to electoral officials. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Medvedev Proposes New Chief For Russia's Dagestan
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| Reuters |
| The Kremlin on Monday said it would replace the unpopular leader of the mainly Muslim province of Dagestan with the son of his predecessor, in its latest bid to curb an escalating Islamist insurgency. Read more |
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09.02.10
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Ukraine's Democratic Evolution, On Hold For Now
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| Washington Post |
| Every revolution sparks a counterrevolution. The French revolution in 1789 was followed by Napoleon and the restoration of the monarchy. After the Russian revolution, the czar's forces regrouped and fought a bloody civil war. Read more |
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