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Ukraine Completes Reforms Needed for WTO Entry

The Ukrainian parliament has passed the final piece of legislation needed for the former Soviet bloc country to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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Russian, Ukrainian Energy Executives In Turkmenistan

A deputy head of Russia's Gazprom gas monopoly, Valery Golubev, today held talks with Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov in Ashgabat.

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Ukraine: Premier Has Much To Discuss On U.S. Visit

William Taylor was appointed U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in May, two months after the country's parliamentary elections saw the political resurrection of Viktor Yanukovych, now Ukrainian prime minister. Taylor spoke to Marianna Dratch of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service on November 27 ahead of Yanukovych's official visit to the United States on December 3-7.

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Ukrainian Parliament Calls Soviet-Era Famine 'Genocide'

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pictured in 2005 at an exhibition on the famine

Ukraine's parliament today overwhelmingly adopted a bill recognizing the Soviet-era forced famine as genocide against the Ukrainian people. An estimated 10 million Ukrainians starved to death in 1932-33 after Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin seized the country's cattle and crop in a forced farm collectivization campaign.

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Ukraine: EU Membership Ambition Revived As Summit Nears

Submitted by Armen Hareyan on Sat, 2006-10-28 17:13.
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Kyiv has reignited the controversy over its potential membership aspirations of the bloc ahead of the EU-Ukraine summit on October 27.

Ukraine's ambassador to the EU, Roman Shpek, says that as a "European country," Ukraine has a right to join the bloc - a sentiment that Brussels gave cautious support to today. But the highlight of the summit for Ukraine will likely be shorter-term gains - easing visa restrictions and cross-border movement with its EU neighbors.

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