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2005 sanctions against Ukraine. It became
possible owing to efforts of Ukraine in the
branch of intellectual property protection and
due to the fact that legislature was changed to
comply with the world regulations and rules.
September, 3-8 The political crisis in Ukraine. The state
2005 secretary O. Zinchenko accused the
president’s entourage of misusage of their
authority and corruptive actions. Constant
conflicts of the National Security and the
Supreme Council developed into political
crisis. President V. Yushchenko took radical
measures to change executives of the National
Security, government and Secretariat. The
state secretary, prime minister Y.
Tymoshenko and her government, the
secretary of the National Security P.
Poroshenko resigned. Y. Yekhanurov was
assigned the acting prime minister, A. Kinakh
was assigned the secretary of the National
Security, O. Rybachuk was assigned the state
secretary. Despite the measures taken,
contradictions between the government and
the Supreme Council remained.
September, 22 Y. Yekhanurov was assigned the Prime
2005 Minister of Ukraine. After the second
attempt, the Supreme Council assigned Y.
Yekhanurov by 289 votes. The necessary
quantity of votes was obtained due to the fact
that V. Yushchenko, Y. Yekhanurov and V.
Yanukovych signed a memorandum of mutual
understanding of power and opposition.
December, 30 European Council officially recognized

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