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			<title>Kremlin wants concessions from Ukraine in gas talks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine goal of revising the existing gas-supply contract with Russia can’t be reached in a single round of negotiations to be held next week in Moscow as the Russians have repeatedly stated they are not interested in revising the existing contract, says Nomos Center energy programs director Mykhailo Honchar, speaking to ZIK March 19. ]]></description>
			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Russia to cut gas prices for Ukraine or to risk losing profits in Europe, Bohdan Sokolovsky says</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/19/221450</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine stands a good chance to get lower gas prices from Russia as the latter is interested in uninterrupted pumping, former advisor to ex-Pres Yushchenko on fuel Bohdan Sokolovsky said, commenting on Premier Azarov’s statement on the need to revise the existing gas contract between Russia and Ukraine. ]]></description>
			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Zhytomyr oblast council deputies support Stepan Bandera’s and Roman Shukhevych’s decorations</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/18/221250</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Deputies of the Zhytomyr oblast council refused to support a motion tabled by the Socialists demanding that Pres Yanukovych strip nationalist leaders Stepan Bandera  and Roman Shukhevych of their Hero of Ukraine medals. 
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			<category>Society</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Tabachnyk explains why he won’t resign</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/18/221203</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[“It is no good to betray my voters by resigning,” Tabachnyk said. ]]></description>
			<category>Politics</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>President to appoint new governors next week</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/18/221191</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[New oblast governors will be named by Pres Yanukovych next week, his deputy chief of staff told 5-th Kanal TV March 18. ]]></description>
			<category>Government</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Too many conductors in Azarov’s orchestra, Viktor Pynzenyk says</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/18/221116</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are too many conductors (one premier and 7 vice premiers) in the Azarov cabinet’s orchestra. It makes the accountability of cabinet members vague. Who, for example, is responsible for running the economy – the economy ministry or VP for economic issues? There can’t be true responsibility with two conductors, the ex-finance minister Viktor Pynzenyk told ZIK in an exclusive interview. 
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine’s recession’s main lesson: Beware of crowd-pleasing politicians, says Viktor Pynzenyk</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/18/221095</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine is now deeper into the recession than 18 months ago. Problems have multiplied, with the budget deficit at a critical point and soaring state debt growing three times from UAH88.7 billion to UAH301.4 bln, says ex-foreign minister Viktor Pynzenyk in his exclusive interview with ZIK.  
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Communists lash out at Tihipko, accusing him of ill-conceived reforms</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/17/221075</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Petro Symonenko, the leader of the Communist faction which is a member of the ruling coalition, has accused Vice Premier Serhy Tihipko of pipe-dreaming and rhetoric about the so-called strategic priorities and urged him to base his reforms on the interests of ordinary Ukrainians, the Communist party March 17 website statement runs. 
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Ukraine doesn’t want cheaper Russian gas, ex-finance minister claims</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/17/221074</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine shouldn’t strive to bring down the price for the Russian gas. Instead, it should push for higher transit tariffs. The Kremlin offered us European prices for gas but Ukrainians didn’t demand equally European transit tariffs. Moreover, the current tariff was modeled on the tariff at the border with Italy, ignoring the fact that Ukraine buys gas at the border with Russia, or 2.500 km longer distance, ex-Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk told ZIK in an exclusive interview March 17.  
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>As expected, Tabachnyk launches attack on Vakarchuk</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/17/221071</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The new minister of education, Dmytro Tabachnyk, says his predecessor, Ivan Vakarchuk, left him the ruins, UNIAN reports March 17. 
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			<category>Society</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Cabinet to draw up proposals to EU on modernizing Ukraine gas pipelines, Azarov says</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/16/220887</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian cabinet is drawing up proposals to the EU on the modernization of the country’s gas pipelines, Premier Azarov said, meeting with the EU representative in Ukraine Jose Manuel Taisheira, the cabinet’s March 16 website report runs. 
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>State coffers empty, economic nosedive continues, state debt trebles, Azarov says</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The new cabinet will base its work on Pres Yanukovych’s campaign program “Ukraine for its People,” Premier Mykola Azarov said, UNIAN reports March 16. ]]></description>
			<category>Government</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Premier Azarov tells Tihipko to draw up structural reforms and stabilize balance of payments
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			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/16/220820</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[March 15, Premier Mykola Azarov instructed his vice premier for the economy, Serhy Tihipko, to go ahead with implementing the austerity program. ]]></description>
			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Petro Pysarchuk may become new Lviv oblast governor, experts predict</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/15/220722</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Petro Pysarchuk, who headed the Yanukovych campaign staff in the Lviv oblast, is likely to become a new governor. There is no better candidate in Halychyna than Pysarchuk, Roman Zahirny, a member of the Lviv Oblast Association of Banks says.  
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			<category>Society</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Appointment of Tabachnyk aimed to distract attention from lack of reforms</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/15/220721</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[By resorting to high-profile actions, like the appointment of controversial  Dmytro Tabachnyk as education minister, the Yanukovych regime wants to distract the attention of Ukrainians from real problems, head of the Center for Strategic Initiatives Volodymyr Stus told journalists March 15. ]]></description>
			<category>Politics</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title> Tymoshenko concealed catastrophic state of country’s budget, finance minister says</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/15/220636</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[The former cabinet caused a catastrophic condition of the state budget endangering payments of pensions, new Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko told journalists March 15, ZIK reports.  
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Student campaign to dismiss education minister kicks off in Lviv March 15</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/14/220547</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[A student campaign to dismiss new education minister Dmytro Tabachnyk is to be launched March 15 in front of the Franko Lviv University, campaign organizers told ZIK March 14. ]]></description>
			<category>Society</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>New cabinet doomed to implement unpopular reforms and raise price for utility gas, Pashaver says</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/13/220515</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[According to Director of the Center for Economic Development Oleksandr Pashaver, the new cabinet will be forced to implement an austerity program. Its success depends on how quick the cabinet will act, the expert told ZIK March 12.  
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			<category>Economy</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>SBU and PGO urged to investigate Kateryna Yushchenko track record</title>
			<link>http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2010/03/13/220509</link>
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			<description><![CDATA[Addressing Verkhovna Rada March 12, Kateryna Samojlyk,   Communist, urged SBU (Security Service) and Prosecutor General’s Office to investigate the activities of Viktor Yushchenko’s wife, Kateryna, the Communist party website statement runs. 
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			<category>Society</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Ivano-Frankivsk lawmakers demand that politicians stop politicizing language issue</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[March 12, Ivano-Frankivsk city council lawmakers passed a resolution calling on the president, premier and Rada speaker to stop political speculations around the language issue, ZIK reported March 12. 
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			<category>Society</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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