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ODFFU: Stop the Energy Blackmail Against Ukraine NEW YORK, Dec. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine (ODFFU) issued a statement condemning the tactics of the Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom to quadruple gas prices it charges Ukraine as having little to do with gas and more to do with nascent Russian imperialism. The ODFFU has launched a "Stop the Energy Blackmail" fax and letter writing campaign. "We're asking all Ukrainians and our American friends to send a letter or a fax to the Russian Ambassador in the United States to stop the...

Potapenko witnesses Ukrainian president's visit to joint session of Congress By Chad Selweski, Macomb Daily Staff Writer, The Macomb Daily Mount Clemens, Michigan, Thursday, April 7, 2005 Borys Potapenko's joy at seeing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's triumphant greeting Wednesday at a rare joint session of Congress was an emotional experience shared by 200,000 Ukrainian-Americans in metropolitan Detroit. Potapenko had a prime balcony seat in the House chambers as Yushchenko was embraced with a standing ovation, cheers of "Yush-chen-ko" and the waving of orange scarves and hats by members of Congress -- much like the over-whelming response his democratic "Orange Revolution"...

CHICAGO (AP) In buses and rented vans, Ukrainian Americans from across the Midwest converged on the Ukrainian Consulate to cast their votes Sunday in a fiercely waged presidential election between the Kremlin-backed prime minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Officials estimated 5,000 people would vote at the downtown consulate, some driving from as far away as Detroit and Oklahoma to make their voices heard in the third vote of a presidential election that has been tainted by allegations of poisoning and fraud. Many of the voters arriving at the consulate Sunday wore orange scarves and hats the color of the...