Wednesday 17 October 2012

POLITICS IN UKRAINE: updated Oct. 17, 2012 @ 23:45 EDT


NOTE: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN UKRAINE ... OCTOBER 28TH, 2012

HEADLINES & BRIEFS ...


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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 17, 2012

Campaign improprieties and irregularities: issues reported ahead of #Ukrainian vote #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/ZeEBe

=====> Issues reported ahead of Ukrainian vote … Foreign election monitors in Ukraine said they've observed campaign violations roughly two weeks before parliamentary elections are scheduled.

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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 17, 2012

#Ukrainian voters hope for knockout punch #450ua #450en #ua #Ukraine goo.gl/CqdTz

=====> Ukrainian voters hope for knockout punch … October 17, 2012 ... By Roman Olearchyk in Cherkassy ... EXCERPT: Ukrainians have for years cheered on the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko as he conquered his opponents in the ring. Now millions of voters want to see the boxer deliver a political knockout to their president, Viktor Yanukovich. They may get their chance next week. Riding on the shoulders of its towering national icon, Mr Klitschko’s party is enjoying a surge in popularity ahead of parliamentary elections on October 28.


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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 17, 2012

Final polls for #Ukraine Oct. 28 election published; as of Oct. 18, political polls are banned #450ua #450en #ua youtu.be/mQuF3JXZE80

=====> Election 2012 ... Latest rankings ... October 17, 2012 … This is the latest - and last - sociological research.  As of October 18, 2012, publication of any ratings that relate to the percentage positions of politicians or political parties has been banned.

Four separate polls were published today, each one indicating the rankings for the parties that are likely to break the 5% barrier in the October 28th election, allowing them to have party status in the new parliament …

Three polls have four parties above 5%: Party of Regions (PR), Klitscko's Udar Party (Ud), the United Opposition under Bat'kivshchyna (UO) and the Communist Party (CP).  Only one poll has a fifth, the Svoboda Party (SV), above 5%.

A) Democratic Initiatives Fund & KIIS poll:
PR 23.3% ... UD 16.0% ... UO 15.1% ... CP 10.1% ... SV 5.1%

B) Rating poll:
PR 19.2% ... UD 15.2% ... UO 13.9% ... CP 10.8%

C) RBGroup poll:
PR 22.2% ... UD 14.8% ... UO 15.4.9% ... CP 9.6%

D) SOCIS poll:
PR 22.1% ... UD 15.2% ... UO 15.2% ... CP 9.5%

=====> Вибори 2012 ... Останні рейтинги ... 17 жовтня 2012 … Це останні - і ще “останні” - соцдослідження.  Від 18 жовтня 2012, публікація будь-яких рейтингів які відносяться до відсоткового становища політиків або партій заборонена.

[ 5 Channel news report … http://youtu.be/mQuF3JXZE80 ]

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From Twitter @UANews4ENMedia ... Oct 17, 2012

Did Lviv authorities blackmail bus companies to prevent transporting #Ukrainian nationalists to Kyiv? #450ua #450en #ua goo.gl/O1UZj

=====> Bus firms allegedly blackmailed by authorities refuse to service Ukrainian nationalists … Several private bus companies in Ukraine's Lviv region refused to provide buses for taking activists to Kyiv for participating in a planned nationalist procession on October 14, said the party ...

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