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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (56478)	11/26/2004 7:28:50 PM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 74559

Thanks, DJ and Haim B. This problem with the Ukrainian elections is obviously very important... Some politicians are threatening to split the country if their candidate's victory is not recognized. Excerpt + link: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced Moscow's concern in Moscow about the goals of Western mediators. "In some European capitals there are some forces that are attempting to draw some new border lines across Europe," he said. Demonstrators in Kiev barred entry to the main offices of the government, parliament and presidency, sealing off approach roads to traffic by blocking them with buses or human chains. They turned away employees trying to enter, telling them: "There's a strike on." Yushchenko's camp got a boost on Thursday when the Supreme Court put off Yanukovich's inauguration as president. But there was a different message from Russian-speaking eastern regions which account for Ukraine's economic muscle and mainly back Yanukovich. In the big coal mining center of Donetsk, a group of regional deputies threatened to hold a referendum on autonomy if Yushchenko succeeded in overturning Yanukovich's election. "We can live without that half (of the population). But can they live without us?," said Donetsk mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko. Ukraine's parliament decided to hold an emergency debate on the crisis on Saturday, a spokesman for the chamber's speaker said. All the chamber's factions backed the plan except Yanukovich's Party of the Regions. Kremlin chief Putin has congratulated Yanukovich on his win, but Western countries have criticized the official election results. The EU and the United States said the election fell far short of international standards and called for a review of its conduct and outcome. reuters.com