West-leaning opposition demands candidates; Tymoshenko supporters protest election commission's ban.(WORLD)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: August 14, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: David R. Sands, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Leaders of Ukraine's largest pro-Western opposition party - with hundreds of its candidates banned from running for parliament - demanded yesterday that the ban be reversed and accused the country's pro-Russian prime minister of trying to provoke a political crisis.

Supporters of the bloc led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have appealed to a Kiev court to reverse the election commission's decision Friday night for the Sept. 30 vote.

An estimated 1,000 Tymoshenko supporters rallied in the center of the capital ...

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