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Candidate for the Ukrainian presidency Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that his election campaign war chest totals around Hr 80 million.

"It will be Hr 80 million," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Dec. 13, when asked to comment what sum was spent on his election campaign.

"The number of my advertising posters is ten times less than that of all of my political opponents," he said.

Yatseniuk said that funds from his election budget are mainly spent on his appearances on television.

The official hryvnia exchange rate for Jan. 13 is Hr 7.9984/$1.