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  • Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, who lost in 2004 and enjoys wide support in the country's industrial east, leads in opinion polls, garnering support from 26.6% of voters in a survey by pollster FOM-Ukraine at the end of May.

    Ukraine Presidential Election Slated for Jan. 17 2009

  • In his short-sided attempt to keep the Pro-Russian region of South Ossetia from succeeding Georgian oversight, he overestimated the support he would be rendered.

    KC Shoen: Our Russian Election 2008

  • Pro-Russian separatist leaders in South Ossetia repeatedly told Russian officials that Georgia was preparing an assault.

    Smoldering Feud, Then War 2008

  • Pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians who quote Russian ideas and share Russian ambitions sold out to big businessmen.

    The Last Word: Yulia Tymoshenko 2007

  • Pro-Russian forces inside the country were biding their time, aware that for all the soaring rhetoric, the orange banners, the demonstrations, and Yushchenko's courage, Ukraine still found itself at the mercy of its former patron.

    The Audacity of Hope Obama, Barack 2006

  • KIEV, Ukraine -- Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych declared victory early today in Ukraine's presidential runoff but his opponent rejected the claim, saying the vote was too close to call.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.

    CNSNews.com Headlines 2010

  • Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won a narrow victory in the Ukrainian presidential election, but Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede defeat.

    CBC | Top Stories News 2010

  • KIEV, Ukraine -- Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych declared victory in Ukraine's presidential runoff but his opponent rejected the claim, saying the vote was too close to call.

    detnews.com - Local 2010

  • KIEV, Ukraine -- Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych declared victory early today in Ukraine's presidential runoff but his opponent rejected the claim, saying the vote was too close to call.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

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