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Day of silence in Ukrainian election

Published: 16 January, 2010, 10:15
Edited: 17 January, 2010, 11:32


Ukraine, Kiev: A worker sticks up a campaign poster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in central Kiev on January 15, 2010. (AFP Photo / Viktor Drachev)

Election campaigning came to close yesterday as Ukraine prepares for Sunday's presidential poll.

 
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starlight January 16, 2010, 11:05 quote
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When someone states, as in your news report, that they are prepared to sell their vote for US$ 50, what precisely does that say about the future validity of the elections in Ukraine. Most democracies do have laws that forbid this, making it a prison offense. Could there be people that would deliberately do this just to create a situation in which parties could declare an election void, just as what happened in the so-called orange revolution.

Nuta January 17, 2010, 04:36 quote
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@starlight LOL…at least in Ukraine somebody can make money of this corrupt elections.. In Russia this could never happen because it is still in many way like the Soviet Union.. If you go against the government you will be killed… So enough of you your dumb comments and go sell your BS to some other former Soviet Republic that does not have the courage to stand up to Russia…

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