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SHOTLIST Kiev, Ukraine - September 13, 2005 1. Set up shot Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko 2. Cutaway photograph of Yushchenko's family 3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian President "I believe Yulia Vladimirovna's (Tymoshenko's) behaviour in the government and within the circle of her partners was not to a great extent motivated by the state interests. This lead to a secession of the team. Many days we sat in this room deep into the night so that the team would finally shake hands. Unfortunately, it never happened." 4. Cutaway journalists 5. Closeup Yushchenko's orange mug 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian President "It is the fourth day I feel comfortable going to work. I don't expect any surprises neither in 'Severodonetsk Azot' (plant), nor in 'Krivorozhstal' (steel plant), nor in Nikolayevsk Ferroalloy plant, nor in the Aluminous plant. I feel happy calm about the fact that no businessman could point his finger at one of those plants to show that the government is pursuing two-track secret policy there. And I feel happy because of that." 7. Cutaway journalists 8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian President "I think if we go back to the values we talked about at Maidan (Independence Square in Kiev) and not turn to the adventures that have already begun within the system of state power, then I will shake hands with anyone. Anyone who is returning to those values." 9. Wide shot Yushchenko talking to journalists FILE - November/December 2005 10. Various of Orange revolution, Tymoshenko and Yushchenko addressing protesters 11. Various Tymoshenko 12. Tymoshenko and Yushchenko addressing protesters STORYLINE President Viktor Yushchenko has accused his former Orange Revolution partner Yulia Tymoshenko of abuse of office, saying it had become a "matter of honor" to dismiss her government after she allegedly broke away from the ideals of last year's mass protests. In an interview with APTN, Yushchenko said he had dismissed Tymoshenko's seven-month old government because it was too embroiled in internal bickering and losing sight of their Orange Revolution promises. The president also said there would be no more attempts to reopen past privatisation deals. Yushchenko said that the re-privatisation of the Kryvorizhstal steel mill would proceed as planned on October 24, but added that the government would not attempt to challenge any other murky deals from the past. The move is a reversal from the course adopted by Tymoshenko, who had initially warned that thousands of companies had been sold illegally and could be returned to the state. Yushchenko said he had tried to persuade Tymoshenko not to take such a course. Yushchenko and Tymoshenko, who fought shoulder to shoulder in last year's Orange Revolution, look set to become bitter rivals in the March parliamentary election, analysts predicted on Tuesday. There is more at stake in next year's parliamentary vote, since new constitutional changes will give parliament the right to choose the prime minister, whose authority will rival that of the president. Yet unlike the 2004 presidential election, in which Yushchenko competed as an opposition leader against a candidate backed by then-president Leonid Kuchma, the March election will pit his party, Our Ukraine, against Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko, after Yushchenko sacked her last week. Although Tymoshenko has pledged to avoid "war" with Yushchenko, analysts predicted the two would become harsh opponents, since Yushchenko is likely to start firing some regional leaders who back Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko's resignation is also bad news for the soft-spoken Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party, experts say. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c898462444dc06d697e9bbbfe3ccb4d0 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork