Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election

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Court to try Ukrainian Justice Ministry lawsuit seeking ban on Communist Party

Petrenko told reporters in Kyiv on Thursday that the trial of the lawsuit, which was filed by the Justice Ministry and the State Register, has been …
Interfax-Ukraine

European Parliament President Schulz hopes parliament election in Ukraine will add stability

The incumbent Ukrainian parliament does not reflect the situation in the country in terms of Ukrainians’ political views. “I expect there will be a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Yatsenyuk warns of Russian destabilization in elections

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Economist: The battle for Ukraine’s future

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The Guardian: Can an election calm the crisis in Ukraine?

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The Guardian

Tigipko’s Strong Ukraine party says it stands for pragmatism; others question his ties to Yanukovych

Supporters of Tigipko have reason for hope. The same poll that gave him 5.6 percent support also found that nearly one third of voters had not made up …
Oksana Lyachynska

Associated Press: Ukraine pins hopes on a new-look parliament

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Associated Press

National Security and Defense Council: Militants preparing provocations in Donbas during parliamentary elections

“On the eve of parliamentary elections the terrorists are preparing a series of provocations in Donbas, in particular, the shelling of residential …
Interfax-Ukraine

Polls show Communists, Svoboda, Right Sector heading for defeat in Oct. 26 parliamentary election

Citizens have been toppling the Communist Party icon all over Ukraine since then, including in Kharkiv’s central European Square.  And the popularity …
Oksana Grytsenko
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Avakov: Over 80,000 policemen to provide law and order on Ukrainian elections day

“In all, 82,000 police officers will be protecting the public peace during the election process, and 61,000 of them will be guarding elections …
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Ukrainian border guards deploying over 20 control posts in eastern security belt

“A decision has been made to deploy over 20 control posts in the security belt. Border guards will play the main role but servicemen from other law …
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Almost 50,000 people in Russia included into list of voters at Rada elections

“There is not a single citizen from Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” CEC press service noted. As of Oct. 20, which is the deadline for this procedure …
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Irish Times: Old guard tries to hold back tide as Ukraine moves on

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Irish Times

Reuters: Ukraine’s Yastenyuk warns Russia may try to disrupt parliamentary elections

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Reuters

At least 10,000 anti-terrorist operation soldiers to be able to vote in parliamentary elections

“What we managed to do is that we included [servicemen] in the voters’ register, and up to 10,000 servicemen will be able to vote. The remaining part …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Euromaidan activists enter politics

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Kent Harstedt: Ukraine’s challenging, yet important, upcoming elections

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Kent Harstedt

Tymoshenko says her party won’t be in opposition in new Rada

“I am saying absolutely certainly now that Batkivschyna will not be in an opposition in a new parliament. We are going to join a democratic …
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