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. | President Viktor Yushchenko also participated in the voting. 225 parliamentarians voted for Yulia Timoshenko’s candidature. The proposal on repeated voting was not accepted.
Two parliamentarians of ‘Orange’ coalition consisting of the factions of the Yulia Timoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defence Bloc voted against |
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. | Issues on the problems of Ahiska Turks were discussed at the meeting. Ahiska Turks stated that they expected humanitarian and moral assistance from Turkey and Azerbaijan. Ms. Pashayeva noted that she will meet with Akiska Turks in January next year. Ms. Pashayeva added that she said in her speech in the international conference held in Ankara on International Human Rights day that she called on Turkic world and Turkey to support Ahiska Turks to return to their lands. |
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. | Analysts say the move is the clearest indication yet that Putin intends to hold onto power once his second term in office expires next year.
Putin made his announcement in televised remarks on December 10 after meeting with the leaders of four political parties, led by the pro-Kremlin Unified Russia, who had proposed naming Medvedev as their joint candidate in the March 2 presidential election. |