The shock waves from the Russian invasion of Georgia sparked a new crisis in Ukraine yesterday as the pro-Western Orange coalition fell apart in acrimony. President Yushchenko accused his former ally, the Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, of forging a pro-Russian alliance to curtail his powers, claiming that a coup was under way a day before Dick Cheney, the US Vice-President, was due to visit Kiev. Mrs Tymoshenko countered with the allegation that the President had destroyed the Government himself after deputies from his party withdrew from her ruling coalition. Mr Yushchenko threatened to call a snap election unless a new...
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