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Ukraine's government falls apart
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by Dave Keating | September 15, 2008 at 11:44 pm
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The Ukrainian government has officially collapsed, following the 2004 "orange revolution" which put pro-Western politicians in power. Since then, relations between those politians have soured. New elections could put pro-Russian polititians back in power. Ukraine is split between Ukrainian and Russian speakers, and politically it is split between those who see Ukraine as being part of a Russian sphere of influence and those who want to see Ukraine join NATO.
Ukraine's ruling pro-Western coalition has officially collapsed, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament says.
President Viktor Yushchenko has been involved in a long-running dispute with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
The president's Our Ukraine bloc left the coalition earlier this month. Parliament now has 30 days to try and form a new ruling coalition.
If those efforts fail, Mr Yushchenko can dissolve parliament and call a snap election.
The Our Ukraine party pulled out of the coalition on 3 September after the Tymoshenko Bloc sided with the pro-Moscow opposition Party of Regions to pass several laws that Mr Yushchenko saw as a threat to his presidential powers.
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Dave Keating
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at 09:16 on September 16th, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff. I just wish Ukrainian politicians spent more time dealing with the economy and social problems rather than engaged in endless power battles time and time again.