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Independence Square in 2004: the place was fairly empty in November 2006 (Photo: Wikipedia)

EU unfazed by Tymoshenko warning on Ukraine

Ukraine's new prime minister Viktor Yanukovych is trying to take his country back into the pre-Orange Revolution era and must be removed, ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko said in Brussels on the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution - but the EU is keeping an open mind on Mr Yanukovych for now.

Referring to the country's Soviet-like pre-revolution leader Leonid Kuchma, Ms Tymoshenko said "Foreign policy and domestic policy with Yanukovych looks like Kuchma-light, like cigarettes...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Independence Square in 2004: the place was fairly empty in November 2006 (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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