SPEAKING EAST, YANUKOVICH'S POWER BASE, AND THE NATIONALIST WEST. 'WE WOULD WANT A GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE THAT PURSUES REFORM,' THE DIPLOMAT SAID. 'AND WE THINK THE MOST RELIABLE COMBINATION FOR THAT IS THE TEAM THAT WON THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.' WITH NEARLY 98 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN AFTER A SLOW COUNT, YANUKOVICH HAD 31.86 PCT OF THE VOTE. TYMOSHENKO'S BLOC SCORED 22.34 PCT, WHILE OUR UKRAINE TRAILED WITH 14.10 PERCENT. THE SOCIALIST PARTY, THE THIRD 'ORANGE' PARTNER HAD 5.75 PERCENT. YUSHCHENKO OPENED THE TALKS PLEDGING TO FORGE A MEMORANDUM BASED ON A 'SYSTEM OF VALUES AROUND WHICH TO BUILD A COALITION, NOT A SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTING JOBS TO DIVIDE US'. YUSHCHENKO'S PARTY BACKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NATO AND FASTER REFORMS. TYMOSHENKO IS ALSO PRO-WESTERN BUT AS PRIME MINISTER TRIED TO IMPOSE PRICE CONTROLS AND DRAFTED A POPULIST BUDGET, AT ODDS WITH YUSHCHENKO'S FREE MARKET VALUES.
