NATO Eyes Closer Ukraine Ties if Yushchenko Wins
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NATO is ready to speed Ukraine toward  closer ties and membership if pro-West presidential frontrunner  Viktor Yushchenko wins a revote on Dec. 26, alliance sources  and diplomats said on Thursday.
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Ukraine's incorporation into the EU would be a more positive factor than NATO expansion, Russia President Vladimir Putin said at a press-conference after the talks with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis ...
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Russia says it may target missiles at Ukraine if it joins Nato and deploys the US missile defence shield.
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Russia and Nato put aside divisions to issue a joint call for the re-run of Ukraine's election to be free and fair.
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NEW YORK, December 5 (Itar-Tass) - Ukrainian oppositionist leader and self-proclaimed president Viktor Yushchenko told NBC television Sunday he views Russia as Ukraineâs strategic partner.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain Monday to become Ukraine&#39;s next president, bringing with him a promise to end rampant graft and to reform the ex-Soviet state&#39;s damaged economy.
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Ukraine's new President Viktor Yushchenko emphasised he intended to see his country join the European Union, despite a public rebuff from Brussels.
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NATO called for closer ties with Russia  on Friday, a day after British warplanes scrambled to intercept  Russian bombers on patrol, and said it was up to the Kremlin to  spell out whether it had a &quot;different view.&quot;
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Early press reactions to opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko's victory in Ukraine's presidential election show relief tinged with concern about relations with Russia, the country's traditional partner.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told NATO on Thursday that he was putting moves toward membership in the alliance on hold, but he said the former Soviet republic still wanted to join the European Union.
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KIEV -- Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition leader whose victory in Ukraine's presidential election was all but assured yesterday despite his opponent's threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia.
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President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine is due to visit neighbouring Russia - just a day after his inauguration.
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Russia could aim nuclear missiles at Ukraine if the former Soviet republic joins NATO and accepts the deployment of anti-missile defenses on its territory, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
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NATO countries have agreed to offer   ex-Soviet Georgia talks on closer ties with the Western   alliance, NATO sources said on Monday, a move likely to anger   Russia.
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NATO is set to cancel a meeting of its foreign ministers with the Ukrainian foreign minister scheduled for Thursday to avoid high-level contacts with a government accused of election fraud, diplomats said.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko met the European Union's foreign policy chief on Friday ahead of his inauguration and a packed European tour aimed at setting Ukraine firmly on a new course closer to the West.
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BusinessWeek Online - Viktor Yushchenko based his presidential bid on a simple but powerful idea: that Ukraine's destiny lies with Europe, the Europe that believes in fair elections, transparent business dealings, and a free press. No surprise, then, that during a long and tumultuous campaign, Yushchenko repeatedly said that membership in the European Union and NATO would be high priorities in his administration.