KIEV: Ukraine’s former prime minister Yuliya Tymoshenko on Tuesday denounced the results of a “rigged” vote that eliminated her from the presidential race, but said she would not urge street protests.Tymoshenko, an internationally recognised political figure, came third in Sunday’s first-round vote in what was also her third bid for the presidency. That means she will take no part in the second-round run-off on April 21, in which actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, a political novice, will face President Petro Poroshenko. With 99 percent of the ballots counted, Zelensky was ahead with more than 30 percent of the first-round vote, …read more
Source: The News International
