Just before he left on a one day trip to Russia to work on recently strained relations with that powerful and unhappy neighbor, President Yushchenko appointed Yulia Tymoshenko as Prime Minister of Ukraine! She’ll be doing the duties of Prime Minister, but will only be “acting” until mid February, when the Ukrainian parliament which will have just reconvened confirms her.

According to the Associated Press (via guardian.co.uk), in a recent AP interview with her…

“Tymoshenko said her first tasks as prime minister would include reviewing the national budget and restarting Ukraine’s efforts to join the European Union.”

You can find updated news about what Yushchenko is doing from his personal website: My Ukraine!