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Poll: 36.5 percent ready to vote for Yanukovych, 20.8 percent for Tymoshenko as president Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych and incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko continue to top presidential ratings, according to a poll conducted by Research & Branding Group on October 12-22.
Oct 26, 2009 at 19:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lytvyn says coalition unlikely to collapse Verkhovna Rada Speaker, Volodymyr Lytvyn, said the formal collapse of the parliamentary coalition is unlikely to happen, since there is no possibility for the creation of a new coalition.
Oct 25, 2009 at 17:52 | Ukrainian News
Socialist Party nominates Moroz for president The Socialist Party of Ukraine has chosen the party leader, Oleksandr Moroz, for presidential candidate from the party.

Of 422 party congress delegates registered, 268 supported the nomination of Moroz.
Oct 25, 2009 at 15:18 | Ukrainian News
Itar-Tass: Tymoshenko for equal and open relations with Russia Itar-Tass: Relations between Ukraine and Russia can be equal and open, said Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Timoshenko, addressing a multi-thousand congress-rally at the Independence Square in downtown Kiev on Saturday evening.

The premier emphasised that she “will permit nobody to affect Ukraine’ s national interests”.

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Oct 25, 2009 at 14:56
Tymoshenko opens populist drive for president Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko urged Ukrainians on Saturday to elect her president in a populist performance before tens of thousands in which she pledged to make her country part of the European mainstream
Oct 25, 2009 at 14:48 | Reuters
RIA Novosti: Tymoshenko says 'Ukraine's future is with Europe' Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was officially nominated as candidate for president, told supporters that Kiev could build neighborly relations with Moscow, but its future lay with Europe. Read the story here.
Oct 25, 2009 at 04:40
Agence France Presse: Tymoshenko enters tight presidential race AFP:Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's party nominated her on Saturday as its candidate to fight upcoming presidential elections, at Kiev rally attended by tens of thousands of supporters. Read the rest of the story here.

Oct 25, 2009 at 01:03
Voice of America: Tymoshenko enters presidential race Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's party has nominated her as its candidate for president.

Leaders of the bloc told a rally in Kiev's Independence Square Saturday that the decision was unanimous.
Oct 25, 2009 at 00:59
"Politicians for sale! Get your politician here!" These are the slogans a youth organization in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv used at an auction of dolls depicting some of the country's leading politicians, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. Read more here.
Oct 24, 2009 at 22:33
Ukraine's Regions Party cannot form coalition with 'Orange' team, says Yanukovych The Party of Regions cannot form a coalition with the "orange" team.

"The Party of Region's participation in a coalition with the "orange team" is out of the question," party leader Viktor Yanukovych said in an interview with the Inter TV channel on Friday night.
Oct 24, 2009 at 18:53
Yanukovych launches comeback bid Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich, ousted in 2005 after mass protests against a rigged presidential poll, launched a comeback bid on Friday with a pledge to end the "chaos" caused by the "Orange revolution" leaders.
Oct 24, 2009 at 17:27 | Reuters
Ukrainian People's Party nominates its leader Kostenko for president Ukrainian People's Party (UPP) has nominated its leader Yuriy Kostenko as a candidate for Ukraine's presidency.

This decision was supported by 390 out of a total 459 delegates of the 9th special congress of the Ukrainian People's Party in Kyiv on Saturday.

Kostenko said that around 40% of Ukrainians support the right-wing ideas of his party.
Oct 24, 2009 at 15:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
The congress will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv.
Oct 24, 2009 at 09:18 | Ukrainian News