Anti-presidential protests in Kiev
UKR2002091610 - KIEV, Ukraine, September 16 (UPI) -- Thousands of opposition supporters waving red flags and banners with anti-presidential writings, and chanting anti-presidential slogans, take part in a protest to demand the ouster of embattled President Leonid Kuchma in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. The protests are timed to mark the second anniversary of the disappearance of opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze that caused months of protests against Ukraine's president Kuchma, whom opposition leaders accused of involvement in the killing. jaf/ss/Sergei Svetlitsky UPI
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KIEV, Ukraine, April 11 (UPI) -- Former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma says he has been ordered to appear before a prosecutor in the slaying of a journalist in 2000.
KIEV, Ukraine, March 23 (UPI) -- A former Ukrainian president suspected of ordering the death of a prominent journalist said Wednesday the accusation is causing him "psychological stress."
KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Ukraine's former president blamed the country's current leaders for the strained relationship between Ukraine and traditional ally Russia.
KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The former Ukrainian president said his country should have a more global outlook and not focus only on the West.
WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- President Bush's two-day visit to Kiev on the eve of NATO's April 2-4 summit in Bucharest, Romania, is his first visit to Ukraine and therefore long overdue. His predecessor, Bill Clinton, visited Ukraine on three occasions. Bush's visit to Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit is seen as a strong show of U.S. support for NATO enlargement to Ukraine and Georgia.
KIEV, Ukraine, March 15 (UPI) -- Three former Ukrainian police officers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for killing a reporter eight years ago.
MOSCOW, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Joining NATO will demand sacrifices and additional efforts from Ukraine, such as fulfilling the Membership Action Plan.
KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Three former Ukraine police officers went on trial in the capital Kiev, accused in the slaying of Georgiy Gongadze, a noted opposition journalist.
KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian parliamentary commission has concluded that former President Leonid Kuchma was behind the September 2000 abduction of a prominent reporter.
KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Ukraine plans to privatize a huge steel mill that recently changed hands in a widely criticized procedure.
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