Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

Abstract

On February 7, 2010, Viktor Yanukovych defeated Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko to win Ukraine s presidency. International monitors praised the conduct of the election, although Tymoshenko charged that the election had been fraudulent. Yanukovych was able to quickly to form a new parliamentary majority in the current parliament by inducing scores of supporters of the previous government to change sides. Government opponents charged that bribery and threats to the business interests of members were used to effect the change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2012
Accession Number
ADA584345

Entities

People

  • Steven Woehrel

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Black Sea
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • European Union
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • Military Training
  • Natural Gas
  • Negotiations
  • Pain
  • Security
  • Western Europe

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  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.