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It appears Ukraine is making it easier for US citizens to travel there. Although it is difficult to say how much easier. I have read two articles and they report different facts in this regard. Here is the text to a Reuters article (it won't let me link to it) and a link to the Moscow Times article. I could not find the "Presidential Decree" referred to in the Reuters article.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Thursday it was making it easier for U.S. nationals to obtain visas, part of liberal President Viktor Yushchenko's plan to move the ex-Soviet state closer to the West.
A presidential decree posted on the government Web site www.president.gov.ua said visas would no longer be required by U.S. citizens making a second trip within six months, provided the new stay in Ukraine did not exceed 90 days.

It said the measure was intended to develop a "strategic partnership" with Washington.

Citizens of EU states and Switzerland have been allowed visa-free entry to Ukraine on an experimental basis from May to September.

The president has said he hopes that move will prompt EU nations to lift their visa requirements for Ukrainians.

But the 25-nation bloc, anxious to maintain secure borders along its new eastern frontier and deter trafficking of people and drugs into member states, is highly unlikely to lift its visa restrictions in the near future.

Yushchenko, elected last December on a wave of mass protests against electoral fraud and revulsion at his predecessor's administration, has linked virtually every policy decision to a long-term plan to join the EU.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/07/01/017.html

... in response to Ukraine eases visa requirements US citiz..., posted by Philb on Jun 30, 2005

Mosnews.com is reporting the same.

Must be the real deal...so sez the UA Consulate in Chicago:

From: http://tinyurl.com/csxaq

President's Decree No. 1008/2005

On Introduction of Visa Free Regime for US Citizens

With the aim to develop and realize into practice principles of the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States of America and guided by the aspirations to simplify the regime for mutual travels and to foster bilateral contacts in all fields of relationships, I issue a decree:
1. To introduce on July 1, 2005 visa free regime for the US citizens for entering Ukraine and for transit through the territory of Ukraine, if they visit Ukraine for the second time within 6 months from the date of their first visit to Ukraine for the period which doesn't exceed 90 days.
2. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine should set the compensation mechanism for the State Budget of Ukraine and introduce other measures, deriving from this Decree.

The President of Ukraine

Viktor Yushchenko

June 30, 2005

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