Yanukovych leaves for Moscow

The leader of the Ukrainian Party of Regions, current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is flying to Moscow tomorrow. According to the official version, to prepare for the meeting of the interstate commission Yushchenko - Putin. However, it is obvious that the Kremlin will also talk about the difficulties of forming a ruling coalition in Ukraine.

On October 15, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine will officially announce the results of the early elections to the Verkhovna Rada held on September 30. According to preliminary data, 34.37% of voters voted for the Party of Regions, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) - 30.71%, the presidential bloc "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" (NUNS) - 14.15%, the Communist Party -- 5.39%, "Litvin Bloc" -- 3.96%. The Socialist Party did not overcome the 3% barrier, gaining 2.86% of the votes.

Negotiations are underway in Kyiv on the creation of an “orange” coalition consisting of BYuT and NUNS. The “Orange” refuse to take the “blue-white” Party of Regions into their alliance and create a “broad” coalition. In response, a number of leaders of the Party of Regions threatened to create conditions for the dissolution of the Rada by refusing to take the oath of office in the newly elected parliament. President Viktor Yushchenko, in order to resolve the conflict, said that he would entrust Yulia Tymoshenko with the prime minister’s post subject to “reaching agreement” with the opposition when forming the government and parliament.

Svetlana STEPANENKO, Kyiv