Viktor Yanukovich declears victory in Ukraine - F24 100207

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/world/europe/08ukraine.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/7184349/Ukraine-elec...
http://www.france24.com/en/20100207-yanukovich-wins-ukraine-election-exit-pol...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8503177.stm
Viktor Yanukovych, a 59 year-old former convict, said his win opened a new page in Ukraines history, promising to unite a country which is deeply split between the Ukrainian-speaking west and the Russian-speaking east.
The Ukrainian people have supported us, he said, speaking in Russian.
People wanted change.
Pledging to pull the country out of a deep economic crisis, he said he would not conduct a political witch hunt.
Exit polls put Mr Yanukovych between three and five percentage points ahead of Yulia Tymoshenko, his bitter rival and the current prime minister.
I think that Yulia Tymoshenko should prepare to resign. She understands that well, Mr Yanukovich said. First official results, with five per cent counted, gave Yanukovich 54 per cent against 41 per cent for Tymoshenko
A fuller picture is expected to emerge on Monday, at which point some four fifths of the votes are likely to have been counted.
Mr Yanukovychs victory sounds a death knell for the countrys 2004 Orange Revolution that set it firmly on a pro-Western course but failed to deliver meaningful changes.
The big question now is whether Mrs Tymoshenko decides to accuse Mr Yanukovych of fraud and challenges the result.

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• president
• election
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• Yanukovich
• Yulia
• Tymoshenko

[drvojislavseselj]

janukovich rules !!! :D

[xMaXiMuSx]

@staticion

IMF schock therapy.. Do some research.

[staticion]

@xMaXiMuSx that is no explanation - please explain HOW Yush was able to "kill the economy"????

[xMaXiMuSx]

@staticion

he was the head man for IMF shock therapy in the mid 90s...

[staticion]

@xMaXiMuSx rubbish - please explain how you think Yush was able to "kill the economy"???

[xMaXiMuSx]

@staticion

Not true.. You need revisist history.. Ush was a major player in the currency collapse in the 90s..

[staticion]

@xMaXiMuSx rubbish - Ukraine's economy was directed by intrinsic as well as larger economic forces extrinsic to Ukraine - your comment is uninformed and typical of mindless witch-hunting mob mentality since Yush had hardly nothing to do with Ukraine's wailing economic situation - you cannot cite the reasons I bet because there are none -

[xMaXiMuSx]

@staticion

yeah but Ushenko was the boss behind the IMF shock therapy in the 90s that killed the economy.

[staticion]

@xMaXiMuSx I was talking about the corrupt ex convict president Yunykovich who should not be president due to his past criminal recoerd however your comment is narrow minded since Ukraine is as transparent as ten metres of thick lead and all deputies are corrupt "real criminals" not just Yush and Timo - be real tovarish comrade

[xMaXiMuSx]

@staticion

actually those were false charge by NATO against the PRO-russian Yanukovich.. ushenko and Timo were the real criminals.