RUSSIA - Feb. 12 - Putin In Kiev.Pres. Putin visits Ukraine and meets Pres. Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кýчма . (The timing of the visit - after weeks of street protests calling for Kuchma to resign - has led some commentators to describe Putin's trip as a show of support for the Ukrainian leader). "We didn't talk about politics, honestly", a smiling Kuchma said after a signing ceremony A signing ceremony is a ceremony in which a bill passed by a legislature is signed (approved) by an executive, thus becoming a law. Modern-day signing ceremonies are derived from ceremonies that occurred when the British monarch gave Royal Assent to acts of Parliament. in front of a huge civilian booster Booster - A data-parallel language. "The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989. rocket at the Yushmash factory. (Putin arrived in Ukraine from Austria, just hours after thousands of protesters marched through Kiev, on Feb. 11, many chanting "Kuchma out! Kuchma out!") Putin and Kuchma announce an agreement to rejoin re·join 1 v. re·joined, re·join·ing, re·joins v.tr. To say in reply, especially in sharp response to a reply. v.intr. To reply. their nations' electricity grids, a move that should reduce energy costs for cash-strapped Ukraine. The agreement reflected Putin's ambition to rebuild Russia's Soviet-era political and economic primacy in the region). |
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