UKRAINE-VOTE-YANUKOVICH

The view of a central street of Yenakievo, the native town of Ukraine’s Premier and the presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich, with the monument to a Soviet steelmaker with Yenakievsky steel melting plant in backgrounds, some 50 kms from Donetsk, the center of powerful Russian-speaking eastern region, 02 December 2004. Ukraine’s pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday refused to step down after parliament voted to dismiss his government. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NEMENOV.