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...later, the site remains a contaminated mess. President Clinton and the other leaders of the G-7 last week renewed a pledge of $3.1 billion to help shut down the two nuclear reactors still functioning at the Chernobyl plant. But because the money is not immediately forthcoming, President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine told the group his country could not uphold its commitment...
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma promised today that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant would be closed by 2000. Representatives from the 15-nation European Union and G-7 countries visiting Kiev called the decision "a radical change in Ukrainian policy" given the former Soviet country's grave economic difficulties. Previously, Kiev had refused to consider closing the plant, most of which has been enclosed in an unstable, radioactive sarcophagus since the 1986 disaster...
...millions of dollars of aid to the former Soviet republic. The agreements followed Ukraine's decision last week to give up its nuclear arsenal and relinquish its position as the world's third-largest nuclear power. Today, President Clinton promised $200 million in new U.S. aid to President Leonid Kuchma over the next two years on top of $700 million already approved by Congress to help dismantle nuclear missiles. He also pledged to support Ukraine's independence -- particularly important for a country existing in uneasy proximity to Russia, which ruled Ukraine for more than 300 years.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin...
Despite the objections of nationalist critics who fear that Ukraine will lose control of its destiny if it reconciles with its longtime master, Kuchma emphatically told voters that the country has no other viable market and no other realistic source of oil and other resources. Without an "economic union" with Moscow, he declared, "there will be no Ukraine...
...Leonid Kuchma, former director of the world's largest missile factory, defeated incumbent Leonid Kravchuk in Ukraine's presidential election. An advocate of economic integration with Russia, Kuchma said he would honor the pledge made by his predecessor to give up Ukraine's nuclear arsenal, the world's third largest...