13/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, 13 December, the Ukrainian parliament ratified the election of prime minister Mykola Azarov (who had resigned) during a very heated session. Azarov is a loyal bureaucrat to president Viktor Yanukovych. 252 MPs supported his candidacy. A minimum of 226 votes was required to obtain re-election. The vote on Azarov's candidacy, which should have taken place on Wednesday, had been postponed because of the violent confrontations at Parliament between...