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Monday, September 14, 2009

Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

6:13 PM elections, POLITICS, Russia-Ukraine relations, Ukraine, ukrainian elections

`As the presidential elections nears in crisis-hit Ukraine, political chaos deepens with the power structure that emerged from the 2004 Orange Revolution is in disarray. Moscow-backed is poised for a comeback in this former Soviet republic amid an intense battle between the heroes of mass protests in 2004.

The lawmaker strode through parliament, smiling politely and clutching a chair - his contribution to a barricade designed to paralyze proceedings. Fresh from summer vacation, lawmakers last week were back to the shenanigans that have made Ukraine's parliament a source of entertainment and fodder for YouTube.`But the situation is a little different in Ukraine!

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Election fever heightens Ukraine political chaos - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

Russia accuses Ukraine of allowing its troops to fight alongside Georgia - Times Online

9:18 PM conflict, Georgia, International relations, NATO expansion, POLITICS, Russia, Russia-Ukraine relations, russian georgian conflict, russian studies, Ukraine

Yes, Russia accused that Ukrainian Soldiers fought against Russian army in the five-day war. Of course, this situation heated the Russia - Ukraine relations. Ukraine revealed her side clearly. Maybe, this is an opportunity for Ukraine to enter NATO and the European Union. However, NATO or the USA needs Russia in the Afghanistan war. Because of this, the West's reaction will not be hardly the Russia in the case of Ukraine, Georgia or Chechnya at this time. On the other side, both Ukraine and Georgia will wait for entering the NATO and the EU.

Russia accuses Ukraine of allowing its troops to fight alongside Georgia - Times Online

İsa Burak Gonca graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Eastern Mediterranean University of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Masters Program in Political Science and International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of Yeditepe University. He is now a PhD Candidate in the Field of the International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Suleyman Demirel University. He is currently doing his PhD studies on China's energy security and geoeconomic interests in Central Asia.