Yushchenko Takes Control of Ukrainian Interior Troops

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Source: Bloomberg

By Daryna Krasnolutska and Sebastian Alison

May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko took Interior Ministry troops under his control, a day after the interior minister used the troops to bar the newly appointed acting Prosecutor General from entering his office.

``The order was signed to prevent possible threats to the nation's interests and ensure that the interior troops, which had been until recently a part of the Interior Ministry, are not used to benefit political forces,'' Yushchenko said in a statement posted on the presidential Web site today.

Yushchenko's opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, called the move illegal.

Ukraine's political standoff worsened yesterday when Yushchenko fired Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun a month after hiring him. Piskun is a lawmaker for the Party of Regions, headed by Yanukovych. Interior Minister Vasyl Tsushko called the dismissal ``a coup d'etat,'' Interfax reported yesterday.

Yushchenko said he fired Piskun because by law he was supposed to give up his parliamentary seat after taking a job as Prosecutor General. The president appointed Viktor Shemchuk, former deputy to Piskun, acting Prosecutor General.

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[Swede]

1. Interesting times in Ukraine.

And all of Eastern Europe for that matter.

[shenmue]

2. Civil war ahead?

:scared:

[TheLastMohican]

3. This is what happens

when "orange pResidents" get installed by CIA and Soros funds.

I hope there won't be any civil war in Ukraine, rather USchenko packs his suitcases and flies with his U.S. department wife back to Florida.

[hatrack]

4. Good thing that authoritarian ex-Communist apparatchik didn't win, huh?

:eyes:

[TheLastMohican]

5. What do you mean?

Yuschenko is the ex-communist high party member.