This has got to be maddening.
In an obvious fraud of an election, Ukraine's incumbent Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovych, is coming in with 49.42%; his pro-Western and reform-minded opponent Viktor Yushchenko has 46.7%.
An exit poll funded by Western governments had Yushchenko at 54% and the incumbent at 43%.
My Ukrainian sources are saying that this is prototypical example of how badly the transition to democracy has gone the former Soviet states, and that this could create massive protests.
One source says that Western Ukraine -- the more pro-Western part of the country -- should be starting to look at separation.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 3:22 PM
