Word: verkhovna
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...history of those years, in the words of a U.S. diplomat, are best viewed as "a case study in state-sponsored looting." This week Ukraine is coming to the end of another bitter, rancorous and accusation-filled election. Officially at stake are the 450 seats in the parliament, or Verkhovna Rada. The most powerful challenge to Kuchma comes from Viktor Yuschenko, who acquired a modest reputation as a reformer during his time as Prime Minister and whose Our Ukraine bloc is way ahead in the polls. Yuschenko promises that "We'll build a Ukraine that we won't be ashamed...
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