Aryavartha
29-03-2006, 06:19
Shows how much the "Orange revolution" was engineered by the US....Viktor Yushchenko could not even manage 10 per cent of the votes in the elections, as of now and in all likelihood is facing a humiliating defeat...
If Yanukovich wins, we will see a reversal of pro-US policies and Ukraine will move back to the Russian orbit...
http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/27/stories/2006032702811500.htm
Pro-Russia Opposition headed for victory in Ukraine election
Vladimir Radyuhin
President Viktor Yushchenko faces humiliating defeat
MOSCOW: The Opposition Party of Regions led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich took an early lead in Ukraine's parliamentary vote on Sunday, according to exit polls.
The Party of the Regions captured 25 per cent of the votes, followed by a bloc led by former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, the fiery spirit of the pro-Western "Orange Revolution" a little over a year ago, which got 16.2 per cent, the All-Ukraine Independent Sociological Service said citing mid-day exit poll results.
While victory for Mr. Yanukovich's party was expected, the poor showing of President Viktor Yushchenko's bloc Our Ukraine with under 10 per cent of the votes, half of what pre-poll surveys gave it, came as a sensation.
Irregularity alleged
Voting was marked by long queues as many people could not find their names in the voters lists due to confusion in translating Russian names into Ukrainian as ordered by the Central Election Commission. The Opposition accused authorities of deliberately trying to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters in the Russian-speaking eastern and southern provinces.
The parliamentary election was the first test of popularity for the leaders of the "Orange Revolution" who sought to re-orient Ukraine towards the West and away from Russia, but failed to deliver on their promises to maintain economic growth and raise living standards.
Jointly with the radical People's Opposition party, which grabbed a surprising 15.5 per cent, Communists, and the bloc Ne Tak, the Russia-backed parties may capture half the seats in the 450-member Verhovna Rada Parliament and form a government with Mr. Yanukovich as Prime Minister.
Political revenge
This would mark a dramatic political revenge for a man stripped of victory in the presidential poll in November 2004.
Mr. Yanukovich promised that relations with Russia would improve after the election. "We are going to have remarkable relations with Russia," the beaming Opposition leader said as he cast his ballot on Sunday.
Ukraine's poll marked a second setback for the West in the former Soviet Union, following the trouncing of pro-Western Opposition candidates in a presidential election in neighbouring Belarus last Sunday.
If Yanukovich wins, we will see a reversal of pro-US policies and Ukraine will move back to the Russian orbit...
http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/27/stories/2006032702811500.htm
Pro-Russia Opposition headed for victory in Ukraine election
Vladimir Radyuhin
President Viktor Yushchenko faces humiliating defeat
MOSCOW: The Opposition Party of Regions led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich took an early lead in Ukraine's parliamentary vote on Sunday, according to exit polls.
The Party of the Regions captured 25 per cent of the votes, followed by a bloc led by former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, the fiery spirit of the pro-Western "Orange Revolution" a little over a year ago, which got 16.2 per cent, the All-Ukraine Independent Sociological Service said citing mid-day exit poll results.
While victory for Mr. Yanukovich's party was expected, the poor showing of President Viktor Yushchenko's bloc Our Ukraine with under 10 per cent of the votes, half of what pre-poll surveys gave it, came as a sensation.
Irregularity alleged
Voting was marked by long queues as many people could not find their names in the voters lists due to confusion in translating Russian names into Ukrainian as ordered by the Central Election Commission. The Opposition accused authorities of deliberately trying to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters in the Russian-speaking eastern and southern provinces.
The parliamentary election was the first test of popularity for the leaders of the "Orange Revolution" who sought to re-orient Ukraine towards the West and away from Russia, but failed to deliver on their promises to maintain economic growth and raise living standards.
Jointly with the radical People's Opposition party, which grabbed a surprising 15.5 per cent, Communists, and the bloc Ne Tak, the Russia-backed parties may capture half the seats in the 450-member Verhovna Rada Parliament and form a government with Mr. Yanukovich as Prime Minister.
Political revenge
This would mark a dramatic political revenge for a man stripped of victory in the presidential poll in November 2004.
Mr. Yanukovich promised that relations with Russia would improve after the election. "We are going to have remarkable relations with Russia," the beaming Opposition leader said as he cast his ballot on Sunday.
Ukraine's poll marked a second setback for the West in the former Soviet Union, following the trouncing of pro-Western Opposition candidates in a presidential election in neighbouring Belarus last Sunday.