Ukrainian nationalists nominate their leader for president
09:52, 25 May 2009
KIEV. May 25. KAZINFORM The nationalist-minded union Svoboda (Freedom) has nominated its leader Oleg Tyagnibok as a Ukrainian presidential candidate. The election is due in January 2010; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
?Our intention is to win this election,? Tyagnibok said at the union?s Kiev congress on Sunday.
In his opinion, the current Ukrainian situation is favorable for the victory of nationalist forces. Svoboda has been growing lately, he said. For instance, the Khmelnitsky regional organization of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists has fully switched to Svoboda; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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