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Putin says election results are clear Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041125140718.99a9aetg.xml http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041125140718.99a9aetg.xml Putin says Ukraine election results are clear 11-25-2004, 14h07 THE HAGUE (AFP) - The results of the Ukraine presidential elections results are absolutely clear, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after a summit meeting with the European Union. "I congratulated Viktor Yanukovich", the Ukrainian prime minister, for the "results are absolutely clear," Putin said Thursday after talks in The Hague with the EU. Earlier before the summit started Putin sent a congratulatory message to pro-Moscow Yanukovich, who was the handpicked choice of outgoing President Lenoid Kuchma to replace him. "The Ukrainian people have made their choice -- a choice in favor of stability, the strengthening of the state, further development of democratic and economic transformation," Putin told Yanukovich in the message published by the Kremlin. Tens of thousands of people have held four days of protests in Ukraine in support of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko, who the electoral commisssion said Wednesday had been narrowly defeated by Yanukovich in the polls. But the European Union emerged from Thursday's summit saying it refused to recognise the results of Sunday's run-off poll. "The election did not meet the international standards. Therefore the EU is not able to accept the result," Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said. The Netherlands currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU. Putin however said the dispute was an issue to be resolved by the courts. "From my perspective, all issues should be addressed within the framework of the constitution and legislation. All claims should go to the courts," Putin said. "All of this should be adressed through dialogue," he added.

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