Ukraine’s ruling coalition formally dissolved

The ruling coalition which won power from pro-Russian Victor Yanukovich in the 2004 Orange Revolution has been dissolved by the Ukrainian parliement. On the 13 September 2008 a ten-day deadline to restore the coalition between former close allies Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yukoshchenko ran out. The dissolution of the Rada, Ukraine's lower house, was formally announced by its Speaker on the 16 September 2008.

BBC News, 16.9.08: Ukraine's government falls apart http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7618147.stm

ESO: Background information: Unease as Ukraine coalition collapses http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraines-coalition-on-brink-of-collapse-unease-as-ukraine-coalition-collapses/

France24, 16.9.08: Kiev's western-leaning coalition collapses http://www.france24.com/en/20080916-kievs-western-coalition-collapses-ukraine-Yushchenko-orange-Tymoshenko&navi=MONDE

Deutsche Welle, 16.9.08: Orange Revolution Leaders Dissolve Goverment in Kyiv http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3647319,00.html

Russia Today, 16.9.08: Ukraine’s governing coalition pronounced dead http://rt.com/news/

ECFR: Ukrainian government collapse threatens permanent crisis. September 2008 http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_wilson_ukrainian_government_collapse_threatens_permanent_crisis/

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