UKRAINE : Some Observers Denounce Parliamentary Vote; Klitschko's Punch Gets 13%; Tymoshenko Begins Hunger Strike.

      http://www.dw.de/results-reaffirm-ukraine-coalition-monitors-cry-foul/a-16341106

     One international observer's group...the OSCE...called Sunday's parliamentary election a backward step for democracy...with 'abuse of power and the excessive role of money.' 

     Preliminary results (60 % counted) give President Yanukovych's Regions Party almost 35% of the vote...with 22% for jailed former PM Tymochenko's opposition bloc.
     Former heavyweight boxing champ Klitschko's new Punch party was garnering about 13%. 
    OSCE employed over 800 observers...from 40 different nations.
    A normal 45% of voters showed-up to cast paper ballots.

      Ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko's lawyer announced that the imprisoned politician was beginning a hunger strike...to protest yesterday's election violations.

     TO READ: OPINION... By Yegor Vasylyev...An election half way between truth and falsehood.
      http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/node/495