Yanukovich to be inaugurated as Ukraine President

Deputies, members of the government, judicial authorities as well as foreign delegations will take part in the inauguration ceremony. There will be 11 heads of state, four leaders of influential international organisations, over 15 foreign ministers and four parliament speakers among them.

Russia will be represented by State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov, Kremlin administration head Sergei Naryshkin and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.

Prior to the ceremony to inaugurate Viktor Yanukovich as President of Ukraine on Thursday, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church will officiate at the prayer in the Kiev Monastery of the Caves and will conduct the liturgy of the Great Fast.

Outgoing President Viktor Yushchenko will not attend the ceremony. He has refused to participate in the inauguration of Yanukovich. Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, who refused to recognize the victory of Yanukovich, is not expected to appear in parliament either.

After the ceremony, the new president will make a ten-minute address to the Ukrainian people. After the session is closed, he will head for his new residence - the secretariat of the president, in front of which there will be a "military" part of the ceremony. As supreme commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces he will receive a report from the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Ivan Svida.

There will be no concerts and fireworks in Kiev because of the crisis