Some 50% of the country's 37 million registered voters must have cast votes in order for the ballot to be valid. The results should be known on Monday. Then we will have A repeat, of the present coalition of the Party of Regions with left-wing allies or a restored Orange coalition of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defence and Tymoshenko blocs, which the leaders of both blocs say is their favoured outcome.
Ukrainiana offers some electoral videos (with transciption in english) as a summary of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Campaign 2007. Check Who's Who in Political Advertising.
In contrast to recent election campaigns, in which conflicting pro-Russian and pro-Western agendas were highlighted, the leading forces initially appeared to have heeded a call by President Yushchenko not to focus on divisive foreign policy issues. But as the campaign gathered pace, the Party of Regions called for a referendum to be held on giving the Russian language official status and on the possibility of Ukraine's Nato membership.
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¡Muchas gracias por tu apoyo, Xavier!:)
It’s a pleasure to find a Spanish guy with such an avid interest in Ukraine! The wild wild East needs more people like you to raise awareness of what’s happening on the other side of the EU Curtain.
Keep up the good work! El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!:)
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