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Kommersant reported that Mikhail Zurabov"s documents do not contain the name of the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yushchenko.

President Dmitry Medvedev has accused Yushchenko of pursuing "intentionally anti-Russian policies," and although Zurabov was appointed last August he remained in Russia in protest.

However, after the first round of the presidential elections in the country, which Yushchenko lost with slightly over 5% of the vote, President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Zurabov to formally assume office in Kiev. The envoy was expected to arrive in the Ukrainian capital next week.

Ukraine"s administration said the absence of the president"s name in Zurabov"s documents is a "violation of all diplomatic norms" and an attempt "to humiliate" Yuschehnko, who is still president, Kommersant reported.

A deputy head of the presidential administration, Andriy Honcharuk, told the paper he "hopes Moscow will observe the rules." Another administration official said "otherwise

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