Ukraine's opposition gets loyal Supreme Court head - weekly.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

The Ukrainian opposition may view the appointment of the former opposition MP, Vasyl Onopenko, head of the Supreme Court of Ukraine as its victory, reputed weekly Zerkalo Nedeli has said. Although the ruling Party of Regions supported It remains unclear, however, how Onopenko, who nominated himself, managed to get the post, the paper says. The following is an excerpt from the report by Oleksandr Prymachenko entitled "The Supreme Court's new head" published in Ukrainian newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli on 30 September:

Yesterday, Vasyl Onopenko, who had long been affiliated with the [opposition] Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc, was …