With 100% of ballots counted, Viktor Yanukovych won the presidential elections with 48.95% of the vote leaving Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko 3.48 points behind.
On February 8, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev named four new regional leaders on Monday in a move that seems to be aimed at rejuvenating regional authorities, a Kremlin source said.
On February 10-11, heavy snowstorms hit the east coast of the United States, crippling airports and trunk roads, and giving school students an unscheduled day off.
On February 10, Russian prime Minister Vladimir Putin addressed the Baltic Sea Action Summit (BSAS) in Helsinki, Finland and said that that the Nord Stream pipeline will be reliable, and that it will not threaten the marine environment.
On February 8, hundreds of people gathered on Moscow’s Red Square to mark the beginning of Shrovetide. Festival-goers warmed themselves with hot pancakes, mead and Russian folk dancing in tents set up especially for the event.
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