Yekhanurov receives congratulations after Ukraine's parliament backed him, the candidate of Yushchenko, as Ukraine's new prime minister in the parliament in Kiev. Yuri Yekhanurov (L) receives congratulations after Ukraine's parliament backed him, the candidate of President Viktor 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/Gleb Garanich