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| 1997, July 16 |
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| Approval of Valery Pustovoitenko as Ukraine's new premier. | 1 |
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| 1998, Aug |
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| The IMF agreed to grant loans of $2.2 billion to assist the Ukranian government and its failing economy. | 2 |
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| 1999, Nov. 14 |
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| In a runoff election against Communist candidate Petro Symonenko, Pres. Leonid Kuchma won reelection to a second five-year term. | 3 |
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| 2000, April 17 |
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| A proposal initiated by Pres. Kuchma to expand presidential powers was approved through a public referendum by a wide margin. However, the four-part proposal still faced a vote in the Ukrainian Parliament before it could begin to be implemented. | 4 |
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| Dec. 15 |
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| Pres. Kuchma officially closed the Chernobyl nuclear plant, site of the 1986 occurrence of the worst nuclear power accident in world history. Plans, including construction of a $750 million concrete shell to cover the disaster area, were made to secure the site. | 5 |
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