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“Europe, help!” reads a banner held by two young participants of a demonstration that took place in front of the Central Election Commission office on Oct. 25.

1“Europe, help!” reads a banner held by two young participants of a demonstration that took place in front of the Central Election Commission office on Oct. 25

The peaceful protesters were trying to attract attention to violations that could mar the honesty and fairness of the Oct. 31 local elections.

A poster depicts Prime Minister Mykola Azarov as Adolf Hitler’s twin brother.

This “masterpiece” of election black PR was distributed in Odesa.

The other side of the poster shows Eduard Matviychuk, the Odesa Oblast governor, in a typical Nazi pose.

Arseniy Yatseniuk, leader of the Front of Change party, complains that his posters placed along the Kyiv-Odesa highway have been destroyed multiple times.

He said that people who glued Party of Regions posters on the top of his were acting upon order of the Vasylkiv regional administration chief.

 

Yulia Tymoshenko, head of Fatherland Party, shows fake ballot papers being produced in one of Kharkiv publishing houses, raising fears of ballot stuffing on Oct. 31.

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