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PARTY OF REGIONS - ANATOMY OF DEFEAT. WILL YANUKOVYCH RUN IN 2015 ELECTION? In the great war for power the parliamentary elections in Ukraine were not the main battle but a reconnaissance in force just before the decisive battle - the presidential elections of 2015. The most demonstrative lesson was given to the regime - and today it is obvious that if Viktor Yanukovych does not analyze his mistakes, and the current management system is retained, his chances to fight for a second term are close to zero. So did the regime win or lose the elections? 18 415 113 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
TECHNOLOGY-2012: ARSON, FIGHTS AND DELAYING VOTE COUNT One of the regime’s main technologies at the present moment is blocking the vote counting process in the districts where the Regions clearly lost. They also stake on the human factor – many commission members have to sit in lines for days on end, sleeping on the floor, suffering various many inconveniences, not being able to officially deliver the ballots. The goal is that many may simply not be able to sustain such physical and emotional stress. 4 716 45 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
AN INTRODUCTION TO DEMOCRACY WITH UKRAINIAN CHARACTERISTICS Borys Kolesnikov, Ukraine’s powerful Deputy Prime Minister, spent the last day of the election season, October 26, nursing a bit of hangover in his office with a pack of Marlboros and a bottomless cup of espresso. The day before, he had celebrated his 50th birthday in his home region of Donetsk, the coal-mining heartland of the ruling Party of Regions. So he did not have much energy left for campaigning when he went back to Kyiv, the capital, the next day. The press conference he was scheduled to give at the InterContinental hotel, where the Party of Regions had set up its campaign headquarters, was forced to proceed without him. The reason was the traffic, his aides explained. Kolesnikov did not feel like slogging through it to go meet the press. And besides, his party knew that these elections were a lock. 2 611 0 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 Yanukovych Family 
UKRAINE MAKES THE CHOICE. OVER 50% ARE AGAINST THE PARTY OF REGIONS AND YANUKOVYCH It is already clear that the United opposition candidate has an advantage over the President in 2015 elections. Three opposition forces receive more than 50% in the party elections this sending a warning signal to Mezhygirya. Future parliament will probably not become Yanukovych’s sterilized pet. 22 650 130 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
THESE ELECTIONS ARE A WAR ON DICTATORSHIP ”Removing mafia from power is a task not only for the opposition. This time the opposition cannot manage the task by itself. This is a war against dictatorship, against injustice which requires mobilization of each and everyone,” says opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in her address to Ukrainians. 6 621 166 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
A MONTH OF MADNESS: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE REGIME IN OCTOBER? Why are they all going crazy? Because they have no other choice. Since the moment he came to power, Yanukovych made so many steps practically taking the Ukrainian authorities out of the legal framework that now the upcoming elections are the only chance for the President and the Regions to legitimize the creeping accroachment of power. 15 310 93 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
KLITSCHKO VS SHEVCHENKO: NOTHING PERSONAL. IT’S JUST POLITICS Both Udar (the Strike) and Ukraine Ahead! are aiming at about the same electorate. Those are the people who were let down by Tigipko, some part of uncertain opposition supporters, and all those who are disappointed in the Party of Regions and have not been picked up by the communists. And both parties are often called the regime’s muppets to boot. Klitschko is still trying to disown the cooperation with the ruling party while Korolevska’s image was hopelessly ruined from the very beginning. That is why it is important for Klitschko to keep as far as possible from his twin party. 5 335 35 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
THE END OF THE 2012 ERA – VOTERS RECEIVE WHAT THEY ARE DUE The era of heroes and heroic politics in Ukraine has ended. These elections are not about choosing the path of development but rather determining the statuses. The status of irremovability and uncompromising stand of the regime, the status of lawlessness for an official of any rank, the status of victim for the opposition, the status of vics for the whole society. Censor.NO analyzes what Ukrainians should expect after the elections. 14 619 120 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 
