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| Ukraine in snap election warning | Ukraine in snap election warning |
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| Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened to dissolve parliament and call elections after the collapse of the country's ruling coalition. | Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has threatened to dissolve parliament and call elections after the collapse of the country's ruling coalition. |
| He said a "coup" was under way in the country's parliament, following new laws trimming the president's powers. | He said a "coup" was under way in the country's parliament, following new laws trimming the president's powers. |
| The laws were introduced by the pro-Russian opposition and a bloc headed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. | The laws were introduced by the pro-Russian opposition and a bloc headed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. |
| Former allies, the prime minister and president are now at odds despite sharing pro-Western political goals. | |
| "A political and constitutional coup d'etat has started in the parliament," Mr Yushchenko said in a televised speech. | |
| "I will use my right to dissolve parliament and decree early elections if a new coalition is not formed within 30 days," he said. | |
| The BBC's Russian affairs analyst Steven Eke says Mr Yushchenko's popularity is at rock bottom at the moment with opinion polls giving him single-digit levels of support. | |
| He says his chances of re-election in any presidential vote would be slim. |