NOTE: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN UKRAINE ... OCTOBER 28TH, 2012
HEADLINES & BRIEFS ...
From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
USA's Secretary of State Clinton assures #Tymoshenko of ongoing support #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/Zkfzo
=====> Clinton called the convictions politically motivated. She said the United States remains alarmed about the criminal action against Tymoshenko and her imprisonment and that she had brought up the matter with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and other Ukrainian leaders. The secretary said she was closely monitoring developments in the Tymoshenko case and that, for that reason, she had been pleased to personally receive an update from Tymoshenko's daughter, Yevhenia, when the latter visited Washington.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/clinton-assures-tymoshenko-of-ongoing-support-314378.html
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
#Ukrainian electorate is being punished because of voter fraud by political parties #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/EsIA8
=====> The authorities decided to limit voting to a person's home constituency, claiming they were worried by a recent case in which students of Irpin Tax Academy took out massive amounts of absentee ballots aiming to vote for their university president ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
Election 2012 blog: Voters punished for candidates’ fraud #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/91KT0
=====> Asked by sociologists about how they plan to vote, millions of Ukrainians could simply respond: “I can’t travel that far.”
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia...
Oct 16, 2012
#Ukraine: Where is Your Tent City? (KyivPost Op-ed by Greg Satell) #450ua #450en #ua #Ukrainian p.ost.im/p/drrPGC
=====> "And it is the hacking that produces change. There is no plan to guide it nor a metric to evaluate it, because it arises when plans and metrics leave needs unmet. People do what they need to get by, often under the guise of secrecy. Leaders are always the ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
Volia Cable disconnects TVi in Poltava, Kherson, Simferopol & Sumy, according to officials of the TV channel #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/mjiID
=====> According to the channel's deputy director for development, Oleksandr Pivniuk, the channel in these cities was disconnected without warning, meaning TVi has lost two-thirds of its subscribers. He also said that the channel broadcasting in these cities was provided by Volia-Cable.
"Its main argument is changes to the list of programs in the universal program service. This allegedly includes the recent decision of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council. TVi was transferred from analog broadcasting to the basic digital package," said Pivniuk.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/volia-disconnects-tvi-in-poltava-kherson-simferopol-sumy-says-tv-channel-314464.html
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
EU Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against #Ukraine = 7.5% of all claims before the Court #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/7hjxj
=====> European Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against Ukraine … Ukraine is not a leading country on the list of those against which claims have been filed with the European Court of Human Rights, Nazar Kulchytsky, Ukrainian government ombudsman ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
EU: upcoming #Ukrainian elections will be litmus test of #Ukraine's democratic credentials #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/jNG1V
=====> Fule, Ashton: Upcoming elections will be litmus test of Ukraine's democratic credentials … Representatives of the European Unions have again expressed concern about the lack of political pluralism in the Ukrainian media and welcomed the declaration by the Ukrainians authorities of their ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Amnesty Int’l in #Ukraine calls for creation of independent agency to investigate torture by police #450ua #450en goo.gl/fCXqz
=====> Rights activists call for creation of body investigating torture in Ukraine … The issue of torture citizens in the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies requires a comprehensive approach, Valeriya Lutkovska, the Ukrainian parliamentary ombudsman on human rights, said …
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Ukrainian parliamentary election - votes for sale in new #Ukraine #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/iIiPh
=====> Votes for sale in new Ukraine … Wanna buy a vote? A polling-station official? Candidates are for sale, too. For those with deeper pockets …
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Rally held in Kyiv to mark 70 years of "UPA" - the #Ukrainian Insurgent Army #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/PZZSS
=====> Rally held in Kiev to mark 70 years of UPA … Thousands of people gathered in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Sunday to mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of the WWII-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Leonid Fainberg - the ultimate #Ukrainian mobster #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/iVjmE
=====> Meet Leonid Fainberg, the ultimate Ukrainian mobster … The man who tried to buy a Soviet submarine to transport drugs is fast becoming an internet celebrity from his prison cell in Panama.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Ukrainian party Sobor withdraws from elections to stop vote splitting #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/mx9pV
=====> Sobor withdraws its party list from elections in favor of opposition parties … The Sobor Ukrainian Platform has withdrawn its electoral list from parliamentary elections and called on voters not to vote for representatives of the current government.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Klitschko: We are now able to form a government #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/QfYqO
=====> Klitschko: 'We are now able to form a government' … UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko has said he is confident that his team will be able to form an effective government.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia... Oct 14, 2012
European deputy Marek Siwiec stunned by #Ukrainian ruling party's election "tricks" #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/8rLuW
=====> European deputy stunned by Ukrainian ruling party's election 'tricks' … European Parliament member Marek Siwiec monitoring the parliamentary election campaign in Ukraine has said Ukraine has surprised him "once again" by political tricks that the ruling party is using...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
POLL: People elect #Ukraine's president = 90% Parliament elect prez = 2% Abolish prez position = 3% ? = 4% #450ua goo.gl/IxXli
=====> Overwhelming majority of Ukrainians support universal presidential election … Some 90% of Ukrainians believe the president must be elected in a universal ballot, representatives of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology told ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Ukrainian opposition parties likely to get more than half the votes on Oct. 28 #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/qu7Hw
=====> Opposition parties have chance of getting more than half of votes … Opposition parties could win more than half of votes in the parliamentary elections on Oct. 28, Director of the Penta Center for Applied Political Studies Volodymyr Fesenko has said.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Tymoshenko refuses to participate in debt case trial for ninth time #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/EDf8J
=====> Tymoshenko refuses to participate in debt case trial for ninth time … Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has for the ninth time refused to participate in a hearing of the case of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation in Kharkiv
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
EU Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against #Ukraine = 7.5% of all claims before the Court #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/7hjxj
=====> European Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against Ukraine … Ukraine is not a leading country on the list of those against which claims have been filed with the European Court of Human Rights, Nazar Kulchytsky, Ukrainian government ombudsman ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 13, 2012
The #Ukraine government is purposely creating obstacles for TVi, the only opposition TV channel #ua #450ua #450en goo.gl/LcAkz
=====> Independent Ukrainian TV Station Struggles to Stay on the Air ... Viewers protest in support of independent cable TVi channel after several operators suspended its broadcasts …
USA's Secretary of State Clinton assures #Tymoshenko of ongoing support #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/Zkfzo
=====> Clinton called the convictions politically motivated. She said the United States remains alarmed about the criminal action against Tymoshenko and her imprisonment and that she had brought up the matter with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and other Ukrainian leaders. The secretary said she was closely monitoring developments in the Tymoshenko case and that, for that reason, she had been pleased to personally receive an update from Tymoshenko's daughter, Yevhenia, when the latter visited Washington.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/clinton-assures-tymoshenko-of-ongoing-support-314378.html
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
#Ukrainian electorate is being punished because of voter fraud by political parties #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/EsIA8
=====> The authorities decided to limit voting to a person's home constituency, claiming they were worried by a recent case in which students of Irpin Tax Academy took out massive amounts of absentee ballots aiming to vote for their university president ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
Election 2012 blog: Voters punished for candidates’ fraud #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/91KT0
=====> Asked by sociologists about how they plan to vote, millions of Ukrainians could simply respond: “I can’t travel that far.”
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia...
Oct 16, 2012
#Ukraine: Where is Your Tent City? (KyivPost Op-ed by Greg Satell) #450ua #450en #ua #Ukrainian p.ost.im/p/drrPGC
=====> "And it is the hacking that produces change. There is no plan to guide it nor a metric to evaluate it, because it arises when plans and metrics leave needs unmet. People do what they need to get by, often under the guise of secrecy. Leaders are always the ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 16, 2012
Volia Cable disconnects TVi in Poltava, Kherson, Simferopol & Sumy, according to officials of the TV channel #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/mjiID
=====> According to the channel's deputy director for development, Oleksandr Pivniuk, the channel in these cities was disconnected without warning, meaning TVi has lost two-thirds of its subscribers. He also said that the channel broadcasting in these cities was provided by Volia-Cable.
"Its main argument is changes to the list of programs in the universal program service. This allegedly includes the recent decision of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council. TVi was transferred from analog broadcasting to the basic digital package," said Pivniuk.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/volia-disconnects-tvi-in-poltava-kherson-simferopol-sumy-says-tv-channel-314464.html
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
EU Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against #Ukraine = 7.5% of all claims before the Court #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/7hjxj
=====> European Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against Ukraine … Ukraine is not a leading country on the list of those against which claims have been filed with the European Court of Human Rights, Nazar Kulchytsky, Ukrainian government ombudsman ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
EU: upcoming #Ukrainian elections will be litmus test of #Ukraine's democratic credentials #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/jNG1V
=====> Fule, Ashton: Upcoming elections will be litmus test of Ukraine's democratic credentials … Representatives of the European Unions have again expressed concern about the lack of political pluralism in the Ukrainian media and welcomed the declaration by the Ukrainians authorities of their ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Amnesty Int’l in #Ukraine calls for creation of independent agency to investigate torture by police #450ua #450en goo.gl/fCXqz
=====> Rights activists call for creation of body investigating torture in Ukraine … The issue of torture citizens in the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies requires a comprehensive approach, Valeriya Lutkovska, the Ukrainian parliamentary ombudsman on human rights, said …
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Ukrainian parliamentary election - votes for sale in new #Ukraine #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/iIiPh
=====> Votes for sale in new Ukraine … Wanna buy a vote? A polling-station official? Candidates are for sale, too. For those with deeper pockets …
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Rally held in Kyiv to mark 70 years of "UPA" - the #Ukrainian Insurgent Army #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/PZZSS
=====> Rally held in Kiev to mark 70 years of UPA … Thousands of people gathered in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Sunday to mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of the WWII-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Leonid Fainberg - the ultimate #Ukrainian mobster #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/iVjmE
=====> Meet Leonid Fainberg, the ultimate Ukrainian mobster … The man who tried to buy a Soviet submarine to transport drugs is fast becoming an internet celebrity from his prison cell in Panama.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Ukrainian party Sobor withdraws from elections to stop vote splitting #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/mx9pV
=====> Sobor withdraws its party list from elections in favor of opposition parties … The Sobor Ukrainian Platform has withdrawn its electoral list from parliamentary elections and called on voters not to vote for representatives of the current government.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
Klitschko: We are now able to form a government #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine #Ukrainian goo.gl/QfYqO
=====> Klitschko: 'We are now able to form a government' … UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko has said he is confident that his team will be able to form an effective government.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia... Oct 14, 2012
European deputy Marek Siwiec stunned by #Ukrainian ruling party's election "tricks" #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/8rLuW
=====> European deputy stunned by Ukrainian ruling party's election 'tricks' … European Parliament member Marek Siwiec monitoring the parliamentary election campaign in Ukraine has said Ukraine has surprised him "once again" by political tricks that the ruling party is using...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
POLL: People elect #Ukraine's president = 90% Parliament elect prez = 2% Abolish prez position = 3% ? = 4% #450ua goo.gl/IxXli
=====> Overwhelming majority of Ukrainians support universal presidential election … Some 90% of Ukrainians believe the president must be elected in a universal ballot, representatives of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology told ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Ukrainian opposition parties likely to get more than half the votes on Oct. 28 #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/qu7Hw
=====> Opposition parties have chance of getting more than half of votes … Opposition parties could win more than half of votes in the parliamentary elections on Oct. 28, Director of the Penta Center for Applied Political Studies Volodymyr Fesenko has said.
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
#Tymoshenko refuses to participate in debt case trial for ninth time #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/EDf8J
=====> Tymoshenko refuses to participate in debt case trial for ninth time … Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has for the ninth time refused to participate in a hearing of the case of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation in Kharkiv
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 14, 2012
EU Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against #Ukraine = 7.5% of all claims before the Court #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/7hjxj
=====> European Court of Human Rights has 10,000 claims against Ukraine … Ukraine is not a leading country on the list of those against which claims have been filed with the European Court of Human Rights, Nazar Kulchytsky, Ukrainian government ombudsman ...
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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 13, 2012
The #Ukraine government is purposely creating obstacles for TVi, the only opposition TV channel #ua #450ua #450en goo.gl/LcAkz
=====> Independent Ukrainian TV Station Struggles to Stay on the Air ... Viewers protest in support of independent cable TVi channel after several operators suspended its broadcasts …
