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KIEV, Feb. 16 (AP) - Departing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says the policies of his newly elected successor risk turning Ukraine back into a Kremlin vassal state.

KIEV, Feb. 7 (New York Times) - The opposition leader Viktor F. Yanukovich declared victory on Sunday in presidential elections in Ukraine, claiming what appeared to be an unlikely comeback from his humiliating defeat in the 2004 Orange Revolution, when he was shunned as a bumbling Kremlin sidekick.

December 28, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's dispute with Russia on oil transit fees will not affect supplies to Eastern Europe, national oil and gas company Naftogaz said on Monday.

MOSCOW December 25, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine denied on Friday allegations that a cargo plane loaded with illegal weaponry from North Korea was charted by a Ukrainian company.

MOSCOW December 25, 2009 (Reuters) - Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom said on Friday Ukraine was facing difficulties with payments for its gas, news agencies quoted Gazprom's Chief Executive Alexei Miller as saying.

YALTA November 20, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Ukraine will not face another gas crisis during New Year holidays as both countries pledged to fulfill their obligations on gas transit to Europe, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

MOSCOW October 15, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is concerned by U.S. missile defense talks with countries outside NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

October 9, 2009 (AFP) - The new US missile defence plan "raises more questions than answers," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, warning that Moscow could still have objections to the revised missile shield.

KIEV October 9, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine has not received requests from the United States to host anti-missile facilities on its soil, President Viktor Yushchenko said on Friday.

KIEV October 8, 2009 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine continues shipping arms and military equipment to Georgia, a member of the Ukrainian parliament said on Thursday.