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Yanukovych tightens grip on power in Ukraine | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 11.03.2010

Yanukovych's close ally and former Finance Minister Mykola Azarov has been voted in as Prime Minister by the Ukrainian parliament after Yanukovych secured a coalition majority.

Azarov's appointment received 242 of 450 assembly votes. The coalition is made up of Yanukovych's  Regions Party, the Communist Party, the Litvyn bloc and the People's Party.



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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 11th, 2010 at 02:49:24 PM EST
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'Tightens grip'?

'Forms constitutional coalition government', surely?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Mar 12th, 2010 at 07:36:19 AM EST
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