Tymoshenko's Fatherland Party won't join Ukraine coalition unless conditions met


Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko (C) attends a rally in support of former Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko near the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prospects of forming a new coalition - vital to get IMF loan talks back on track - were thrown into fresh doubt on Tuesday after Yulia Tymoshenko pressed demands as the price of taking her Fatherland Party into an alliance.

Her remarks dampened expectations of an imminent deal to end months of political infighting that have delayed Western-backed reform efforts and left Ukrainians increasingly disillusioned with the pace of change after the Maidan protests that brought the pro-Western leaders to power.

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