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| Ukraine President 'Mulls Early Polls' to End Crisis |
| 2014-02-05 |
| [An Nahar] Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych could call early elections to end mass anti-government unrest, a top politician said Tuesday, as protest leaders demanded curbs to presidential powers in a stormy parliamentary debate. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meanwhile was set to arrive in Kiev to press for a resolution to the crisis, as Europe and the United States discussed a possible financial aid package to Ukraine in exchange for democratic reforms. Ukraine's protests erupted in November after Yanukovych rejected a key EU pact in favour of closer ties with Moscow, and the turmoil has since evolved into an all-out movement to oust him. The opposition pressed for concessions at a heated parliament session in which one protest leader, boxer-turned-politician Vitali Klitschko, called for an "end to the dictatorship". |
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