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Putin says revote would be useless Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004120209350001380127&dt=20041202093500&w=APO&coview= http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004120209350001380127&dt=20041202093500&w=APO&coview= Putin: Ukraine Revote Would Be Fruitless MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sharply criticized the Ukrainian opposition's proposal to hold a repeat of the nation's disputed presidential runoff, telling Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma that a revote ``would yield nothing.'' Meeting with Leonid Kuchma at a government airport outside Moscow, Putin said he was ``surprised'' by the idea of repeating the runoff, which Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is demanding. ``A revote could be conducted a third, a fourth, 25th time, until one side gets the results it needs,'' Putin said sarcastically, in televised comments from the meeting at Vnukovo-2 airport. Kuchma has called for holding an entirely new election in the apparent hope of finding a compromise candidate to replace Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. The election commission declared the prime minister the winner, but the opposition claims widespread fraud robbed Yushchenko of victory. © Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. 12/02/2004 09:35 APO

Full story of ukrainian election fraud Opposition leader yushchenko sworn as ukrainian president Parliament to swear in yushchenko on jan 23 Protests grow as ukraine vote crisis deepens { November 24 2004 } Putin says election results are clear Putin says revote would be useless Ukrain parliament declares presidential election invalid { November 28 2004 } Ukraine must probe election fraud Ukraine opposition leader declares himself president Ukraine protesters claim election fraud { November 23 2004 } US money helped opposition in ukraine US troubled by ukraine leader poisoned Yanukovych accuses US of meddling in election { December 13 2004 } Yushchenko declares victory in contested election Yushchenko poisoning diagnosis rock solid Yushchenko was poisoned doctors say { December 12 2004 } Files Listed: 16

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