Ukraine's finance minister says ready to lead technocrat government


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016

Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko reacts during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko threw her hat into the ring on Tuesday to head a technocrat government of people uncompromised by "a political past" after weeks of speculation over whether she would try to replace Arseny Yatseniuk.

Yatseniuk's unpopular government has been hanging by a thread since three smaller parties quit his coalition and President Petro Poroshenko pushed for the premier to resign.

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