Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Ukrainian political alliance
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Tymoshenko
- In Yulia Tymoshenko
…November 2001 she founded the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYT; originally the National Rescue Forum) in opposition to Pres. Leonid Kuchma. Although Tymoshenko had previously been considered a strong candidate for the presidency, she formed an alliance with Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine party and supported his bid for president in 2004. During…
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Yushchenko
- In Viktor Yushchenko
…alliance between it and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc—the so-called Orange parties—gave them a majority large enough to form a government with Tymoshenko as prime minister. Dissent between the former Orange allies grew as the president and prime minister balanced the often conflicting goals of maintaining positive relations with Russia and…
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