19:45
28.10.2012
Viktor Yanukovich's term as President runs out in 2015 but there is already talk of early presidential elections. Oleg Turchinov from All Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" speaking at a press conference a few minutes ago.
“Now the most important question is the early presidential election,” Turchinov said.
“Now the most important question is the early presidential election,” Turchinov said.
19:37
28.10.2012
All the voting cabins are pretty much the same in Yalta, so the voting is not very secret.
В Ялті майже скрізь ось такі кабінки, тож голосування тут - вже не таємне. twitter.com/prytulav/statu…
— Володимир Притула (@prytulav) October 28, 2012
19:28
28.10.2012
Radio Svoboda correspondent Halyna Tereshchuk reports:
“A wedding was taking place in one of the buildings with a voting station. The members of the election commission collected money to buy the newlyweds a carpet.”
“A wedding was taking place in one of the buildings with a voting station. The members of the election commission collected money to buy the newlyweds a carpet.”
19:25
28.10.2012
Viktor Taran, analyst and co-founder of the NGO Chesno to Radio Svoboda (watch live in Ukrainian):
"The number of violations among majoritarian candidates is several times bigger, than the ones committed by the candidates from the party lists. The most widespread violation is buying votes and using administrative resources."
"The number of violations among majoritarian candidates is several times bigger, than the ones committed by the candidates from the party lists. The most widespread violation is buying votes and using administrative resources."
19:21
28.10.2012
Ukrainian Prime Minister, and the leader of the ruling Party of Regions, Mykola Azarov speaking today at a news briefing in the Party of Regions campaign headquarters in Kyiv:
"We were bringing to life the social initiative of the President [Viktor Yanukovych] and we will continue bringing it to life. It is absolutely obvious that our nation understands what complicated conditions the ruling party has found itself in. With full responsibility the nation made it clear that it understands how difficult it is to implement reforms in the country, how difficult it is to do it during the economic crisis. Certainly, our deepest gratitude goes to those who supported us in this difficult struggle."
19:07
28.10.2012
Via Radio Svoboda.
“We counted on 15%, I said it. We made it clear. There will be no cooperation with the Party of Region or communists. First we have to protect the votes and then unite. I think we will do it with the Fatherland and Svoboda.”
19:01
28.10.2012
The vote counting is underway. However, the official Facebook page of All Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" says that 80 already signed documents with voting results were found in two voting districts of Kiyv.
18:49
28.10.2012
Five different orgnazations (including the National Committee) released different exit poll results. We calculated the averages below:
Party of Regions: 29.96%
All Ukrainian Union "Fatherland:" 23.77%
UDAR: 14.33%
Svoboda: 12.49%
Communist Party: 11.74%
Keep in mind that these exit polls are only for districts voting on party lists.
Party of Regions: 29.96%
All Ukrainian Union "Fatherland:" 23.77%
UDAR: 14.33%
Svoboda: 12.49%
Communist Party: 11.74%
Keep in mind that these exit polls are only for districts voting on party lists.
18:30
28.10.2012
RFE/RL Ukrainian Service colleague notes that these exit polls are only for districts voting on party lists. Majoritarian districts -- which make up half of the parliament -- are not included in these polls.
18:25
28.10.2012
As the votes are being counted, keep in mind that on October 11 it was announced that the surveillance cameras will be recording the counting of the votes but will not be providing a video transmission online.