Ukraine's Orange Revolution allies made a strong showing in parliamentary elections and looked poised to win a majority that could steer the country more firmly on to a pro-Western course, an exit poll showed.

Pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovcyh today accused Ukraine’s president of deceiving the nation to seize power during the 2004 Orange Revolution mass demonstrations.

MPs in Ukraine’s parliament reopened their investigation today into opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko’s mysterious illness after doctors in Austria determined he had been poisoned by dioxin.