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The west continues to back Yushchenko despite ugly Kiev infighting (Photo: timoshenko.com.ua)

EU backs Yushchenko as Ukraine returns to normal

The EU is giving its full backing to president Viktor Yushchenko's regime, as Ukraine slowly returns to normality after its most serious political crisis since the Orange Revolution last year.

"We have full confidence in president Yushchenko", EU foreign affairs spokeswoman Cristina Gallach told EUobserver on Thursday (22 September), following an EU-Ukraine meeting in New York on Wednesday.

"You will find in the EU an understanding of the tremendous difficulties with the reform ...

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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.

The west continues to back Yushchenko despite ugly Kiev infighting (Photo: timoshenko.com.ua)

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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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