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Judi Lynn

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Tue Oct 30, 2012, 07:22 AM Oct 2012

Ukraine ruling party wins vote; observers critical

Source: McClatchy News

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:04 AM EDT
Ukraine ruling party wins vote; observers critical
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's ruling party Monday retained its parliamentary majority, as the country's fragmented opposition failed to make significant gains in an election that international observers have called a "step backwards" for democracy in the former Soviet country.

With three-quarters of the ballots in Sunday's election counted, the pro-Russian Regions Ukraine party of President Viktor Yanukovych won 33 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission said.

Regions officials have already claimed victory. The party's Communist allies, meanwhile, won 14 percent.

The results showed lower support for the three main opposition parties. The commission said the opposition Motherland party, headed by jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, received 23 percent of the vote.


Read more: http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2012/10/30/news/national/680224.txt

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Ukraine ruling party wins vote; observers critical (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2012 OP
How can we expect any of these countries to run fair elections go west young man Oct 2012 #1
 

go west young man

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1. How can we expect any of these countries to run fair elections
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:48 AM
Oct 2012

when we obviously run unfair elections here in the USA? We need paper ballots, money out of politics, and to get rid of all conflicts of interest in our own elections.

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