Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2006 Ukraine Special Weapons News |
- Ukraine Must Pay For Excess Gas, Putin Says RFE/RL 31 Jan 2006 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that Ukraine must pay for using more than its agreed quota of Russian gas from an export pipeline that leads to Europe.
- Ukraine Denies Stealing Russian Gas Meant For Others RFE/RL 23 Jan 2006 -- Ukraine has denied it is stealing Russian natural gas from a pipeline network meant to deliver supplies to customers in other countries.
- Ukraine: Crimea Lighthouse Becomes Another Bump In Ukrainian-Russian Relations RFE/RL 23 Jan 2006 -- Port authorities in Yalta, Crimea, on 13 January took over a lighthouse that had been used thus far by Russia's Black Sea Fleet. The takeover has provoked a diplomatic squabble between Moscow and Kyiv and drawn public attention in both countries to the Russian military presence in Ukraine
- Ukraine: Former Prime Minister Rises From The Ashes RFE/RL 18 Jan 2006 -- Viktor Yanukovych, the man pushed aside by the Orange Revolution, seems to be winning hearts and minds of Ukrainian voters.
- Ukraine: An Unrepentant Gas Junkie RFE/RL 17 Jan 2006 -- During a January 2001 meeting in Viktor Yushchenko's office about energy conservation, Ukraine's then-prime minister reportedly turned to his assistant and asked him to turn out the lights.
- Yushchenko Party Aims For Constitutional Changes RFE/RL 16 Jan 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's party says it will formally propose that parliament revise controversial constitutional changes that weaken the presidency in favor of the legislature.
- Yushchenko Wants Ukraine To Produce Nuclear Fuel RFE/RL 13 Jan 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko today said that his country should produce its own nuclear fuel for its power plants.
- Yushchenko Demands Parliament Annul Vote To Dismiss Government RFE/RL 12 Jan 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has demanded that parliament annul its vote to dismiss the government.
- Ukraine: Stage Set For Election Showdown Between Yushchenko, Tymoshenko, And Others REF/RL 11 Jan 2006 -- Tuesday's vote by the Ukrainian parliament to dismiss the cabinet appears to deal a strong blow to the political aspirations of President Viktor Yushchenko and his supporters.
- Ukraine: Why Did Parliament Sack Yekhanurov's Cabinet? REF/RL 11 Jan 2006 -- Opposition groups in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on 10 January voted to dismiss the cabinet of Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, pushing the country into a serious political crisis amid an ongoing parliamentary election campaign.
- Ukraine's President Calls Parliament Vote 'Destabilizing' RFE/RL 11 Jan 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko continued his counterattack today against a legislative effort to sack the current government, accusing lawmakers of destabilizing the country with their 10 January no-confidence vote.
