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Ukraine: News and Views Roundup

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Economics & Business, Elections, Governance, Health, International Relations, Law, Politics

Ukraine roundup: flu and politics – at What's Up, Ukraine? [1] and at Jamestown Foundation Blog, here [2] and here [3]; the latest on the tense relationship between the Ukrainian president and PM [4] – at Ukrainiana, as well as two posts – here [5] and here [6] – on one of the 18 presidential candidates, Vasyl Protyvsikh, head of Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber of Commerce and former head of Ivano-Frankivsk Customs, aka Vasyl Humenyuk, whose new last name translates as “against all”; Ukraine Today reports [7] that Natalia Vitrenko of Ukraine's Progressive Socialist Party “has been excluded from the Presidential race for failing to pay the 2.5 million deposit”; Window on Eurasia highlights the views of Ukraine's ambassador to Russia [8] on the Ukrainian-Russian relations.