Ukraine's Defence Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L) and Raisa Bogatireva, secretary of Rada on national security and defense of Ukraine stand during Ukraine's biggest military drill near Rivne, some 300 km (188 miles) west of the capital Kiev September 18, 2008. Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko accused his Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday of humiliating Ukraine's army with inadequate funding, intensifying a confrontation between the two former allies over the country's future direction. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE) 

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders pose for a picture at an informal summit in Moscow's Kremlin February 22, 2008. Pictured are (L-R) Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Robert Kocharyan of Armenia, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Voronin of Moldova, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine and an unidentified official. REUTERS/Yuri Kochetkov/Pool (RUSSIA) 

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (R) hands a bouquet of flowers to Yuri Yekhanurov, Ukraine's new defence minister, as he presents him formally to colleagues in the ministry in Kiev December 24, 2007. A new government linked to the 2004 "Orange Revolution" has taken power in Ukraine and Yekhanurov is one of two ministers directly appointed by the president. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE) 

Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C), leader of the largest "orange" group, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko (R), head of the pro-presidential Our Ukraine party and Yuri Lutsenko (L), head of the allied People's Self-Defence group go to sign an agreement in Kiev, October 15, 2007. Parties linked to Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power initialled an agreement on Monday to form a post-election coalition in parliament and a government. The agreement is to be formally signed when the new parliament holds its first session. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE) 

Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C), leader of the largest "orange" group, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko (R), head of the pro-presidential Our Ukraine party and Yuri Lutsenko (L), head of the allied People's Self-Defence group sign an agreement in Kiev, October 15, 2007. Parties linked to Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power initialled an agreement on Monday to form a post-election coalition in parliament and a government. The agreement is to be formally signed when the new parliament holds its first session. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE) 

Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C), leader of the largest "orange" group stands between Vyacheslav Kyrylenko (R), head of the pro-presidential Our Ukraine party and Yuri Lutsenko (L), head of the allied People's Self-Defence group shaking hands after signing an agreement in Kiev, October 15, 2007. Parties linked to Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" that swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power initialled an agreement on Monday to form a post-election coalition in parliament and a government. The agreement is to be formally signed when the new parliament holds its first session. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE) 

A women and a Catholic church are reflected in a store window featuring a poster with Yuri Lutsenko, who is from the Our Ukraine party backing President Viktor Yushchenko, in the town of Zhovkva, near Lviv, September 21, 2007. Ukraine holds an early parliamentary election on September 30, which is aimed at ending months of political confrontation. REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE) 

People walk past a poster of Yuri Lutsenko, who is from the Our Ukraine party backing President Viktor Yushchenko, in the town of Zhovkva, near Lviv, September 21, 2007. Ukraine will hold an early parliamentary election on September 30, 2007, aimed at ending months of political confrontation. REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE) 

Opposition leaders Yulia Tymoshenko (L) and Yuri Lutsenko greet their supporters in central Kiev, April 2, 2007. President Viktor Yushchenko, locked for months in a confrontation with Ukraine's parliament and prime minister, signed a decree on Monday dissolving the chamber and ordering a new election next month. REUTERS/Vladimir Sindeyev (UKRAINE) 

Opposition leaders (L-R) Yuri Lutsenko, Yulia Tymoshenko and Vaycheslav Kyrylenko cheer supporters during a rally in Kiev March 31, 2007. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians backing the country's opposition thronged Kiev's main square on Saturday urging President Viktor Yushchenko to call a new parliamentary election to end a protracted political deadlock. REUTERS/Vladimir Sindeyev (UKRAINE) 

Opposition leaders Yulia Tymoshenko (L) and Yuri Lutsenko talk after meeting President Viktor Yushchenko (not pictured) in Kiev March 30, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE) 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (from L-R) speaks to Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov, Parliamentary Speaker Oleksander Moroz and state secretary Oleh Rybachuk during a meeting in Kiev July 10, 2006. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool (UKRAINE) 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C) speaks during a meeting with parliamentary factions leaders (from L to R) Roman Bessmertny, Yuri Yekhanurov, Alexander Moroz and Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev June 9, 2006. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool (UKRAINE) 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C) speaks during a meeting with parliamentary faction leaders (from L to R) Roman Bessmertny, Yuri Yekhanurov, Alexander Moroz and Yulia Tymoshenko in Kiev June 9, 2006. REUTERS/Pool/Mykhailo Markiv (UKRAINE) 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks during the first parliament session in Kiev, May 25, 2006. The Ukrainian government headed by Yuri Yekhanurov has officially resigned after newly elected parliament started its first session on Thursday. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks during the first parliament session in Kiev, May 25, 2006. The Ukrainian government headed by Yuri Yekhanurov has officially resigned after newly elected parliament started its first session on Thursday. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

New Ukrainian parliament members applaud as President Viktor Yushchenko (R) speaks during the first parliament session in Kiev, May 25, 2006. The Ukrainian government headed by Yuri Yekhanurov has officially resigned after newly elected parliament started its first session on Thursday. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C), his wife Kateryna Yushchenko (2nd L) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (2nd R) take part in a commemoration rally for the dead in a forest outside the small village of Bykovnya near the capital Kiev, May 21, 2006. More than 50 thousand Ukrainians were shot and buried there between 1937 and 1938 during the period of late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's repression. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (R) stand outside the "Chernobyl church" in Kiev during a service of remembrance for those who fought the fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, April 26, 2006. Mourners marked the 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster on Wednesday, honouring those who died as leaders pledged to ensure it would never happen again. REUTERS/Ivan Chernichkin 

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (L) speaks to current Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov at the presidential administration in central Kiev after their meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko April 11, 2006. Yushchenko invited leaders of parties which cleared the three percent minimum barrier in last month's election to win seats in parliament. REUTERS/Ivan Chernichkin 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) chairs a meeting attended by Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz (4th R), Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (3rd R), ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko (2nd R) and main opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich (R) in Kiev April 11, 2006. Yushchenko invited leaders of parties which cleared the three percent minimum barrier in last month's election to win seats in parliament. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L), ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C) and main opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich attend a meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev April 11, 2006. Yushchenko invited leaders of parties which cleared the three percent minimum barrier in last month's election to win seats in parliament. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L), ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C) and main opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich attend a meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev April 11, 2006. Yushchenko invited leaders of parties which cleared the three percent minimum barrier in last month's election to win seats in parliament. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) meets Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov in Kiev March 28, 2006. With just over half the ballots of the election counted, the largest number of votes had gone to the Regions Party of former prime minister Viktor Yanukovich. He initially won a presidential election with Moscow's support in 2004 until mass protests against fraud led to the result being overturned, ushering Yushchenko in. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov attends a rally in Kiev March 24, 2006. Yekhanurov
predicted difficult talks to form a government after a weekend election and hoped liberal parties behind Ukraine's 2004 "orange Revolution" would reconcile and patch up their coalition. Polls for Sunday's parliamentary race give the lead to the Regions Party of Viktor Yanukovich, the Moscow-backed rival defeated by President Viktor Yushchenko after Orange Revolution protests. Picture taken March 24. REUTERS/Ivan Chernichkin 

Ukraine's Family and Youth Affairs Minister Yuri Pavlenko (R) helps President Viktor Yushchenko to put on a uniform jacket of Ukraine's National Olympic team in Kiev, February 3, 2006. The jacket was presented to Yushchenko by Ukrainian sportsmen. REUTERS/Ivan Chernichkin 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (C), Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (R) and parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn sing the national anthem during a ceremony to mark the Day of Unity in central Kiev January 22, 2006. In an address marking the holiday, Yushchenko called for unity and stability in the run-up to a March parliamentary election. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko fetches blessed water as Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L) looks on in Kiev, January 19, 2006. Ukrainian Orthodox believers celebrate the holiday of Epiphany on Thursday. 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko fetches blessed water as Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L) looks on in Kiev, January 19, 2006. Ukrainian Orthodox believers celebrate the holiday of Epiphany on Thursday. REUTERS/Pool/Mykola Lazarenko 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) addresses the members of the National Defence and Security Council while Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (C) and Council secretary Anatoly Kinakh listen in Kiev January 18, 2006. The meeting was devoted to the effects of political turmoil on social policy a week after parliament dismissed the government. REUTERS/Pool/Mykhaylo Markiv 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (2ndR) addresses the members of the National Defence and Security Council while Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (C), Council secretary Anatoly Kinakh and Parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn (R) listen in Kiev January 18, 2006. The meeting was devoted to the effects of political turmoil on social policy a week after parliament dismissed the government. REUTERS/Pool/Mykhaylo Markiv 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) greets the members of the National Defence and Security Council while Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (C) and Council secretary Anatoly Kinakh look on in Kiev January 18, 2006. The meeting was devoted to the effects of political turmoil on social policy a week after parliament dismissed the government. REUTERS/Pool/Efrem Lukatsky 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov listen to journalists' questions during a news conference in Kiev January 12, 2006. Yushchenko demanded parliament on Thursday retract its vote to dismiss the government, deepening the political crisis over a costly new gas contract with Russia. REUTERS/Mykhaylo Markiv/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) speaks during a news conference as Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov listens in Kiev January 12, 2006. Yushchenko demanded parliament on Thursday retract its vote to dismiss the government, deepening the political crisis over a costly new gas contract with Russia. REUTERS/Pool/Mykhaylo Markiv 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) speaks during a news conference as Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov laughs in Kiev January 12, 2006. Yushchenko demanded parliament on Thursday retract its vote to dismiss the government, deepening the political crisis over a costly new gas contract with Russia. REUTERS/Pool/Mykhaylo Markiv 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) addresses his government as Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov listens during a meeting in Kiev January 12, 2006. Yushchenko said on Thursday he had demanded parliament cancel its vote to dismiss the government, deepening the political crisis over a costly new gas contract with Russia. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov smiles opening a government meeting in Kiev, January 11, 2006. Yekhanurov was sacked by parliament on Tuesday but President Viktor Yushchenko said Yekhanurov will stay in office until the parliamentary election due on March 26. Yushchenko on Wednesday accused parliament of destabilising the country by sacking his government, a move that sent the local currency tumbling to its lowest in nine months. REUTERS/Pool/Str 

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (C) and members of his cabinet react after parliament deputies voted to sack his government in Kiev, January 10, 2006. Yekhanurov will remain as acting prime minister untill President Viktor Yushchenko names a new premier. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov gestures holding papers during a parliament session in Kiev, January 10, 2006. Ukraine's parliament voted on Tuesday to sack Yekhanurov's government over a controversial gas deal with Russia. Yekhanurov will remain as acting prime minister untill President Viktor Yushchenko names a new premier. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov reacts as he addresses the parliament in Kiev, January 10, 2006. Ukraine's parliament voted on Tuesday to sack Yekhanurov's government over a controversial gas deal with Russia. Yekhanurov will remain as acting prime minister untill President Viktor Yushchenko names a new premier. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov listen during a meeting on gas issues in Ukraine's capital Kiev, January 2, 2006. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Monday that Ukraine had stolen around 100 million cubic metres of gas bound for Europe on January 1, local agencies reported. Kiev said it was not, but that if temperatures fell below freezing it would start to siphon off gas as payment for transit fees. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov listen during a meeting on gas issues in Ukraine's capital Kiev, January 2, 2006. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Monday that Ukraine had stolen around 100 million cubic metres of gas bound for Europe on January 1, local agencies reported. Kiev said it was not, but that if temperatures fell below freezing it would start to siphon off gas as payment for transit fees. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov listen during a meeting on gas issues in Ukraine's capital Kiev, January 2, 2006. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Monday that Ukraine had stolen around 100 million cubic metres of gas bound for Europe on January 1, local agencies reported. Kiev said it was not, but that if temperatures fell below freezing it would start to siphon off gas as payment for transit fees. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukraine's president Viktor Yushchenko (R) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov speak to journalists in front of Ukraine's pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz in Kiev January 1, 2006. Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine on Sunday in a dispute that could hit deliveries to a wintry Europe just as Moscow takes over as chairman of the Group of Eight wanting to showcase its role as a reliable energy source. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (C), Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L), Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov (R) and the head of state-run gas provider Naftogaz Ukrainy Oleksiy Ivchenko (3rd R) meet with energy officials in the headquarters of Ukraine's pipeline operator in Kiev January 1, 2006. Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine on Sunday in a dispute that could hit deliveries to a wintry Europe just as Moscow takes over as chairman of the Group of Eight wanting to showcase its role as a reliable energy source. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speaks with Anatoly Kinakh (seen from the back), secretary of the National Defence and Security Council, Oleksiy Ivchenko, head of gas firm Naftogaz, Ivan Vasyunyk, first deputy of the presidential administration and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L-R) during a meeting on energy issues in the presidential office, December 27, 2005. Ukraine is in a dispute with Russia over gas supplies and prices for 2006. REUTERS/Myshko Markiv/Pool 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov gestures during a news conference in Kiev, December 20, 2005. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko linked tough talks with Russia on gas supplies to suggestion that the Kremlin should pay more rent to keep its Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov gestures during a news conference in Kiev, December 20, 2005. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko linked tough talks with Russia on gas supplies to suggestion that the Kremlin should pay more rent to keep its Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Prime Ministers Yuri Yekhanurov of Ukraine (L) and Mikhail Fradkov of Russia shake hands in Moscow December 19, 2005. Yekhanurov is expected to discuss with Russian officials gas prices and transit, over which the two countries have been at loggerheads since pro-Western and liberal Yushchenko took power in Ukraine in January. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Prime Ministers Yuri Yekhanurov of Ukraine (L) and Mikhail Fradkov of Russia attend a press call in Moscow December 19, 2005. Yekhanurov is expected to discuss with Russian officials gas prices and transit, over which the two countries have been at loggerheads since pro-Western and liberal Yushchenko took power in Ukraine in January. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R) speak with Agriculture Minister Oleksander Baranivsky, Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, Health Minister Yuri Polyachenko and state secretary Oleh Rybachuk (L-R) during the emergency meeting in his office in Kiev December 3, 2005. A strain of bird flu that may be the type dangerous to humans has been detected among domestic fowl that died suddenly in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, the Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday. REUTERS/Mykhailo Markiv/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L), parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn (2L), Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (3L) and other officials take part in a service outside the Mykhailov Cathedral in Kiev November 26, 2005. The ceremony was part of official events honouring the memory of millions of Ukrainians who died in an artificial famine organised by Josef Stalin in the 1930s. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (2nd R) Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (R) parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn (2nd R) and the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Alexandr Omelchenko (R) join mourners at a ceremony outside the Mykhailov Cathedral in Kiev November 26, 2005. The ceremony was part of official events honouring the memory of millions of Ukrainians who died in an artificial famine organised by Josef Stalin in the 1930s. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) speaks as Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (R) and parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn (C) listen during a commemoration ceremony in a park in Kiev November 26, 2005. The ceremony was part of a number of events held in Ukraine this week commemorating the victims of the Holodomor, the manmade famine in 1932-1933 under Stalin's rule, during which an estimated five to ten million people died . REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) and Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov talk to reporters after a tender to sell the country's largest steel mill Kryvorizhstal in Kiev, October 24, 2005. World's largest steel producer Mittal Steel won the tender, by offering $4.8 billion for 93.02 percent stake in the Ukrainian company. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (R), Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L) and presidential chief-of-staff Oleh Rybachuk watch a television broadcast of a tender to sell the country's largest steel mill Kryvorizhstal in Kiev, October 24, 2005. World's largest steel producer Mittal Steel won the tender, by offering $4.8 billion for 93.02 percent stake in the Ukrainian company. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Prime Ministers Matti Vanhanen of Finnland (L) and Yuri Yekhanurov of Ukraine smile during a news conference in Kiev October 5, 2005. Vanhanen arrived on Wednesday in Ukraine for official meetings with Yekhanurov and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. REUTERS/Stringer/Pool 

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov (L) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko gesture during the first meeting of the new cabinet in Kiev October 5, 2005. President Viktor Yushchenko has called on the Cabinet of Ministers to stick to the consolidated team position in their decisions and not advertise their personal opinions.REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Yekhanurov speaks as president Yushchenko looks on after Ukraine's parliament backed him, the candidate of Yushchenko, as Ukraine's new prime minister in the parliament in Kiev. Yuri Yekhanurov (R) speaks as president Viktor Yushchenko looks on after Ukraine's parliament backed him, the candidate of Yushchenko, as Ukraine's new prime minister in the parliament in Kiev, September 22, 2005. Yekhanurov, a middle-of-the-road politician and longstanding ally of the president, won on Thursday the support of 289 members of the 450-seat assembly, far more than the required majority of 226. REUTERS/Str 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko addresses the parliament after his candidate Yuri Yekhanurov was backed by the deputies as Ukraine's new prime minister in Kiev. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko addresses the parliament after his candidate Yuri Yekhanurov was backed by the deputies as Ukraine's new prime minister in Kiev, September 22, 2005. Yekhanurov, a middle-of-the-road politician and longstanding ally of the president, won on Thursday the support of 289 members of the 450-seat assembly, far more than the required majority of 226. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich