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The election map also reflects the ethnic/cultural divide in Ukraine. Blue is the ethnic/culturally Russian zone that voted for Yanukovych while pink is ethnically/culturally Ukrainian that in 2004 voted for Yushchenko and Tymoshenko in 2010.

Torn between Europe and Russia, Ukraine opposition pardon good sign in nation watched from outside

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US praises Ukraine pardon of opposition figures

AFP – The United States on Monday praised Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych for pardoning two prominent allies of jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, but also called for her release. Yanukovych signed a decree on Sunday pardoning six people, including former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko of Ukraine.

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