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Ukrainian Prime Minister and one of the leaders of the Party of Regions Mykola Azarov has said that the key result of the October 31 elections to local government is their democratic nature.

"The elections were conducted democratically, without any use of administrative resources. No one impeded our citizens to cast their vote for the candidate they wanted. And this is the most important result to date," Azarov said at a press conference at the Party of Regions’ central campaign headquarters.