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To: neverdem; Grampa Dave; Happy2BMe; MeekOneGOP; Matthew Paul; Grzegorz 246; SAMWolf; devolve; ...
Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, the official winner of Ukraine's disputed presidential election, offered a series of concessions to his opposition today,

Viktor is not the official winner.

Court puts Ukraine result on hold

Concessions? Viktor, get on the plane.

20 posted on 11/25/2004 8:29:04 PM PST by PhilDragoo (Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
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To: PhilDragoo

"official" according to whom?


22 posted on 11/25/2004 9:21:21 PM PST by SAMWolf (I won't rise to the occasion, but I'll slide over to it.)
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To: PhilDragoo

KGB closing in?


23 posted on 11/25/2004 9:51:00 PM PST by Happy2BMe (It's not quite time to rest - John Kerry is still out there (and so is Hillary))
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To: PhilDragoo
Yay! Thanks for the link!

bump! bump! bump! for Viktor Yushchenko .....


33 posted on 11/26/2004 2:33:56 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: PhilDragoo; Happy2BMe; devolve; Polak z Polski; LibertyRocks; Cutterjohnmhb


Excerpt from your link:

Ukrainian legal experts told CNN that Yushchenko could not appeal the results of the election.

But he could appeal the actions of the election commission, arguing that it acted too quickly in declaring a winner in the vote without investigating allegations of fraud and abuse.

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Jill Dougherty earlier Wednesday, Yushchenko said the commission should set aside the results and call new elections in districts where documented irregularities took place.

Yushchenko said he had proof that at least 3 million votes were falsified. He said his supporters have amassed more than 11,000 complaints about the voting and considered 200 of them serious. In one region, he said, turnout increased by a half million voters after polls closed.

"How can that be? It was a massive injection of the ballots in favor of the other candidate," he said.

Nelson Ledsky, the National Democratic Institute's regional director for Eurasia and one of the international observers, said the observers noted cases of ballot stuffing, more votes recorded in some areas than registered voters, and some employees being threatened with losing their jobs if they did not mark ballots before the election.

"There is an understanding widespread over the country that the vote was rigged," Ledsky said.

The United States, Canada and the European Union denounced the vote as rigged and refused to recognize the results as legitimate -- putting the West at odds with Russia.



34 posted on 11/26/2004 2:41:38 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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