27 October 2012

UKRAINE : Boxer Klitschko Eyes Knockout In Sunday Election; Sees Corruption As Biggest Problem.

http://www.france24.com/en/20121027-klitschko-big-hit-with-ukrainian-voters

     Former boxer Vitali Klitschko, 41...and his party are being touted as the up and comers in tomorrow's parliamentary elections...the first since 2010.
     Opinion polls show his new UDAR/Punch party scoring big...in 3rd place...and only slightly trailing jailed former PM Yulia Tymoshenko's opposition party.
     Klitschko...a boxer with a PhD...served in Kyiv's city council...and says he has a lot to lose.
     Yulia hopes that Klitschko's supporters will join her party to field a nearly 40% opposition to President Yanukovych's parliamentary majority.
     
    ALSO : Klitschko says corruption is Ukraine's biggest problem. 
       'It even costs you money to die. You have to bribe your way into finding a place in a cemetery now.'
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-ukraine-election-idUSBRE89N0A420121024