Exactly. Pro-Russians always distort things.

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: : "Mr Yushchenko in recent months has increasingly turned to Mr Poroshenko and a group of his allies, including Mr Tretyakov, for personnel and policy : : decisions. Mr Poroshenko, clearly on the defensive, surprised onlookers and arrived uninvited at Mr Zinchenko's press conference. : : After Mr Zinchenko left the press conference, Mr Poroshenko refuted the departing chief of staff's accusations. Mr Zinchenko, he said, had not : : explained or backed up his claims with any evidence, and Mr Zinchenko should have helped "bring those involved in corruption to justice", instead of making "unproven political accusations"." : : : : This is not how it got reported in the Associated Press article. Hmmm? : : -------------------------------- : : UKRAINE'S LEADERS FALL OUT OVER CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS : : By Tom Warner in Kiev, Financial Times : : London, United Kingdom, Tue, Sept 6, 2005 : : The political team that led Ukraine through last winter's Orange Revolution : : was on the verge of splitting yesterday as President Viktor Yushchenko's : : chief of staff said he was resigning because of corruption within the : : president's inner circle. : : Olexander Zinchenko, who headed Mr Yushchenko's election campaign, : : called on the president to sack his national security council secretary, : : Petro Poroshenko, and his first aide, Olexander Tretyakov, whom Mr : : Zinchenko accused of "cynically realising their plan to utilise authority to : : their own purposes". He told a press conference: "I can't and I don't want : : to put up with this outrage towards the law." : : Mr Zinchenko's departure comes amid an increasingly public dispute : : between Mr Yushchenko and his prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who is : : widely believed to be preparing to head her own, separate electoral list for : : parliamentary elections next March in case Mr Yushchenko indicates he : : does not want her back as premier after the March vote. : : Mr Yushchenko in recent months has increasingly turned to Mr Poroshenko : : and a group of his allies, including Mr Tretyakov, for personnel and policy : : decisions. Mr Poroshenko, clearly on the defensive, surprised onlookers : : and arrived uninvited at Mr Zinchenko's press conference. : : After Mr Zinchenko left the press conference, Mr Poroshenko refuted the : : departing chief of staff's accusations. Mr Zinchenko, he said, had not : : explained or backed up his claims with any evidence, and Mr Zinchenko : : should have helped "bring those involved in corruption to justice", instead : : of making "unproven political accusations". : : The dispute between Mr Yushchenko and Ms Tymoshenko has been : : exacerbated as different groups of businessmen seeking to gain control of : : key industrial and media assets have allied themselves to one or other : : political camp. : : Last week, Mr Yushchenko sharply criticised Ms Tymoshenko for her : : handling of a court battle in which the government is seeking to reverse : : the 2003 privatisation and sale of a big metallurgy plant, Nikopol : : Ferroalloy, to Viktor Pinchuk, the son-in-law of former president Leonid : : Kuchma. : : Mr Yushchenko backed the reversal, but criticised Ms Tymoshenko for : : helping another prominent local businessman, Igor Kolomoysky, who owns : : a minority stake, increase his influence at the company prior to the new : : auction. : : Ms Tymoshenko has insisted her actions were correct and legal. Mr : : Kolomoysky, in recent interviews, accused Mr Poroshenko of trying to halt : : the reversal of the sale and of seeking to allow Mr Pinchuk to sell his : : stake to Russian oligarchs. Mr Poroshenko has strongly denied such intent. : : Mr Zinchenko's accusations come after Ms Tymoshenko has increasingly : : complained that aides to the Ukrainian president were favouring certain : : businessmen and seeking to enrich themselves. : : -------------------------