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The visit to Ukraine of Russia Premier Vladimir Putin originally scheduled for October won’t take place as Putin is wary to meet with Premier Yulia Tymoshenko too often to forestall accusations of his support for her by official Moscow in the forthcoming presidential election. Incidentally, President Victor Yushchenko will be able to fix up his relationships with the Russian leaders during a CIS summit in Moldova where he can meet with President Victor Medvedev.

Putin not to come to Kyiv in October to ward off likely accusations of his support for Tymoshenko