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Ukraine’s Party of Regions: Domestic and Foreign Policy Objectives

04/08/2009
Author : Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI - Italy)
By Svitlana Kobzar
 
According to the Razumkov Centre, Viktor Yanukovich lead in the polls last conducted in March 2009 that asked Ukrainians how they would vote in the next presidential election.

The support for Yanukovych and his Party of Regions (PoR) may be surprising, given the memories of the Orange Revolution when thousands of people went to protest about the fraudulent election for which Yanukovych and his team were blamed.

The election resulted in the victory of Viktor Yushchenko and his “Orange” allies.

Has the make-up of the PoR changed dramatically since the Orange Revolution or has the context within which it operates given it the opportunity to recover from its leader’s defeat in 2004?

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