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As end of campaign nears, dissatisfied voters to choose new leaders in Ukraine
Published: 14 January, 2010, 01:26
Edited: 18 January, 2010, 04:17
With election day fast approaching on January 17, campaigns are in full swing across Ukraine.
Ukraine seems to be going through its own version of the Russian 90s.
The exit polls show that the American's favorite son candidate came in 5th place. The first place winner is Viktor Yanukovych who favors less obedience to the US and a more balanced relationship with Russia. The second place winner is Yulia Tymoshenko. These two will now have a runoff campaign in February. I believe we will witness a viscous and hysterical campaign as America and EU pull out all stops to prevent Yanukovych from winning the election. Look for Saakashvili to stick his nose in the election as well since he has much to lose if Yanukovych should win. The Ukrainian people should be clever enough to realize that foreign meddling and manipulations should not be permitted to elect a president for them.
We will probably see rigged protests in case an anti-US policy candidate wins. It seems to be a pattern when the US does not get its favored candidate in office anywhere. It will be fake and orchestrated from outside.