For the fourth time in its history, Ukraine will have the presidential election. It will be less than in 90 days. The main competition will be between both pro-Russian politicians: prime-minister Tymoshenko and POR's front-runner Yanukovich. The Central Election Committee of Ukraine estimates that the government will have to spend at least $160 million on the elections. A registration fee for each presidential candidate is $314k.
According to the most recent public opinion poll SOCIS, the most popular presidential candidates are 59-yo Viktor Yanukovich (28.7%), 48-yo Yulia Tymoshenko (19%), and 35-yo Arsenyi Yatseniuk (8%). Ukraine's president Viktor Yushchenko enjoys only half of public support of another Orange Revolutionary, Yulia Tymoshenko. In terms of political ideology, Mrs. Tymoshenko represents the left-wing of Ukrainian politics, while Mr. Yanukovich poses himself as the right-wing and Mr. Yatseniuk is in the center. If we use analogy with the American politics, Ukraine's prime-minister is a socialist democrat where Mr. Yanukovich is a republican and Mr. Yatseniuk is independent.
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