Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich chairs the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev April 6, 2010. Yanukovich has scrapped a state body set up to oversee the country's eventual accession to NATO, a presidential decree on his website said Tuesday. Andriy Mosienko/REUTERS/PoolYanukovich kills Ukraine's Bid To Join NATO -- Christian Science Monitor
Russia-leaning president Viktor Yanukovich has scrapped Ukraine's plans to join the Western military alliance, dissolving the commissions on European and NATO integration established after the Orange Revolution.
Ukraine's once deeply controversial bid to join NATO appears to have died a little-noticed bureaucratic death this week, as incoming President Viktor Yanukovich moved to abolish a commission that had been overseeing the country's preparations for eventual entry into the Western military alliance.
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More News On Ukraine's Decision To Not Join NATO
Ukraine shelves NATO membership plan -- UPI
Ukraine's Yanukovich Scraps NATO Body -- New York Times/Reuters
Ukraine scraps NATO accession plans -- Deutsche Welle
Ukraine Government Scraps Plans To Join NATO -- RTT News
Yanukovych Scraps NATO Body -- Moscow Times
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