BBC NEWS | Europe | Ukraine PM to stand for president - 0 views
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Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko has announced that she will stand in presidential elections in 2010.
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The prime minister was one of the leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution, but her alliance with current President Viktor Yushchenko has become a rivalry. Scandals have left Ukraine without foreign, defence and finance ministers.
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Defence Minister Yuri Yekhanurov, seen as an ally of Mr Yushchenko, was sacked by MPs on Friday in a motion put forward by Ms Tymoshenko's allies.
