Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Tymoshenko Claims Election ‘Falsified’ But Won’t Challenge Result
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who failed to qualify for a presidential runoff election after official results put her in third place in the first round, has said that she believes the vote was “rigged” but will not contest the results in court. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian State Media Highlights The Negative In Ukrainian Presidential Vote
Russians keeping track on state TV found themselves bombarded with coverage of Ukraine’s failures as an independent state and reports of alleged electoral fraud. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Decides
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy emerged with a strong lead from the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections on March 31. With nearly 80 percent of ballots counted, the Central Election Commission reported Zelenskyy had some 30 percent of the vote, looking likely to face President Petro Poroshenko (with around 16 percent) in a second...
Comedian Zelenskyy, Incumbent Poroshenko Look Set For April 21 Runoff
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy and incumbent Petro Poroshenko appear set to meet in a presidential runoff expected to be a bitter fight in a country battling Russia-backed separatists, the seizure by Moscow of a key chunk of its territory, and corruption allegations. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Gloves Come Off As Zelenskyy, Poroshenko Look Ahead To Ukraine Runoff
KYIV — The predicted winners of the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election came out swinging at their election-night parties in the capital on March 31, looking to land political body blows as focus shifted from dozens of contenders to just two. In each case, the strategy ahead of a runoff in three weeks’ time seemed...
Comic Takes Lead After First Round Of Ukrainian Election
Exit polls put comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead with some 30 percent of the vote after the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election. As the official vote count began, he look set to face incumbent Petro Poroshenko in a second round of voting in April. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tymoshenko Says Exit Polls Manipulated
Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has claimed that exit polls have been manipulated and do not reflect the real vote count. She was speaking as exit polls suggested she had placed third, behind President Petro Poroshenko, and would therefore not advance to the second round of the election. …read more Source: Radio Free...
Poroshenko Says Russia Did Not Want Him In Second Round
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcomed exit polls suggesting he had come second, and therefore would proceed into the second round run-off in presidential election — saying Russia’s aim to see him eliminated had “failed completely”. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Zelenskyy Greets Exit Poll
Actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy greeted the first exit poll after the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, which placed him first with around 30 percent support. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Seizes More Than 700 Kg Of Heroin In Separate Raids
The authorities in Ukraine say they have seized heroin worth about $60 million in raids in the country’s center and west. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
