Ultra-nationalists are big losers in Ukrainian parliamentary elections

[Tommy_Carcetti]

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/polls-show-communists-svoboda-right-sector-heading-for-defeat-in-oct-26-parliamentary-election-369125.html

Polls show Communists, Svoboda, Right Sector heading for defeat in Oct. 26 parliamentary election

Oct. 23, 2014, 4:04 p.m. | Politics — by Oksana Grytsenko

The nationalist Svoboda Party, vehemently anti-communist, risks losing their parliament seats along with their rivals.

In the 2012 election, Svoboda, led by Oleh Tiahnybok, unexpectedly managed to get more than 10 percent of votes that allowed them to have 38 seats in parliament, including 13 lawmakers elected in single election districts. But the current poll gives Svoboda only 3.1 percent of votes.

Teslenko, the elections observer, said that Svoboda disappointed its electorate living mostly in the western part of the country after they failed to bring any system changes in the regions, where they had influence.
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That's one paper tiger down. I wonder what Robert Parry's excuse du jour will be now?

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. This oughta be good.