Opposition shrugs off &#39;dirty tricks&#39; to claim victory in Ukraine ...
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VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, the Ukrainian opposition leader, claimed victory in a landmark presidential election yesterday after a bitter contest seen as a proxy struggle between Russia and the West.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain on Monday to become Ukraine's next president, but his opponent, the prime minister, refused to concede defeat in the bitterly fought contest.
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Ukraine's opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko narrowly won the first round of the presidential elections, official results show.
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Official results showed Ukraineâs prime minister winning the countryâs bitterly fought presidential runoff, but the opposition candidate declared fraud and called his supporters into the streets today after observers said the vote
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Ukraine&#39;s prime minister won the country&#39;s bitterly fought presidential runoff, elections officials said Monday. But election observers said the vote did not meet international standards and the opposition alleged fraud.
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Last month, it was the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, who claimed victory in Ukraineâs presidential election, and the upstart challenger, Viktor Yushchenko, who refused to accept the result.
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Opposing results from exit polls and early official counting left the likely result of Ukraine&#39;s presidential election unclear early this morning.
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Ukraine's opposition scored a victory on  Wednesday in its drive to overturn what it says was a rigged  election, when parliament sacked the government of Prime  Minister and president-designate Viktor Yanukovich.
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Democracy seems to have been successfully employed somewhere in the worldâthe Ukraine âas Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has declared victory in Ukraine âs presidential election.
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Seeks new election. Yushchenko side cheers, but it&#39;s up to high court to consider fraud claims. Ukraine&#39;s parliament declared yesterday the results of last week&#39;s presidential elections were so badly tainted a new election should be held.
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Ukraine&#39;s opposition scored key victories Wednesday in its bid to scrap a disputed presidential election as parliament voted no confidence in the government and European
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Ukraine's pro-Western challenger alleged fraud and called for mass protests after preliminary results put the pro-Russia prime minister ahead in the presidential runoff despite exit polls showing an opposition win.
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A key figure in Ukraine's opposition movement said Sunday there was little the Moscow-backed authorities could do to stop Viktor Yushchenko sweeping to power in a re-run of the ex-Soviet state's rigged election.
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Ukraine's two presidential candidates mapped out campaign strategies with less than three weeks remaining before the repeat of last month's fraud-marred election runoff, and opposition protesters lifted their ...
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Russia will use dirty tricks to keep Ukraine within its sphere of influence after the expected victory of West-leaning candidate Viktor Yushchenko in weekend presidential elections, analysts say.
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Final preliminary results showed Opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko had won Ukraine&#39;s drawn-out and divisive presidential election, while pressure built yesterday on his opponent, Kremlin favourite Viktor Yanukovych, to concede
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Western nations have welcomed the result of Ukraine's presidential election but Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is refusing to admit defeat.