The coalition in the previous parliament was a cartel of ideologically diverse political forces dictated by the major one. In the new parliament, the factor of informal alliances is likely to be very influential and even decisive.

Tymoshenko has learned a lesson from her recent premiership and this time, of course if she manages to enter the same river twice, she will not take thoughtless steps.

UP found sufficient evidence that the US spin doctors headed by Paul Manafort were Rinat Akhmetov’s agents affecting the work of the Party of Regions (PRU) campaign headquarters and personally Viktor Yanukovych.

The ZN drew up tentative estimates of the promises given by the major candidates in the Ukrainian parliamentary race.

The recent Ukraine-EU summit did not bring any surprises.

Justice has to be won. Sixty years ago this simple truth was discovered by Maria Eva Duarte de Peron. It became the slogan of her husband general’s party named “Justicialist”. Yulia Tymoshenko made struggle against injustice her political trademark.

Many were surprised and amazed at President Yushchenko’s unusual and unexpected resolution upholding his right to dissolve the parliament.

Yuliya Tymoshenko: "This year Ukrainian politics is so unpredictable that I would like to give an overview of the results of the outgoing period earlier than at the end of the year because current events might be forgotten and loose their importance by winter."

VITALY BALA

In terms of tactics, the "orange" coalition formatoin is ByuT’s victory. But as head of state,  Viktor Yushchenko is a winner, too, because he can strengthen his power through the change of the Law on Cabinet and the constitutional reform.

STANISLAV BELKOVSKY

Under Yuliya Tymoshenko, a kind of the Francoist regime could be formed in Ukraine. It could have positive and negative sides.

VADIM KARASYOV

The parliamentary elections results can be boiled down to three points: Viktor Yushchenko’s victory, Yuliya Tymoshenko’s double victory and Viktor Yanukovych’s defeat. Viktor Yushchenko is the winner because he had initiated the early elections and they took place. The “orange” forces stand a good chance of returning to power.

IGOR POPOV

On the eve of the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, balance of political forces is about the same as it was when the campaign started. This makes it possible to say that the majority may be formed by the two groups of political forces.

VITALY BALA

The returns of forthcoming parliamentary election in Ukraine will surprise its participants. Firstly, it concerns the Party of Regions. Any efforts to mobilize the voters by accusing the rivals were inefficient. This tactic proved to be counterproductive.

SERGEI GOVORUKHA

Most probably, the coalition formation will come to be “a marriage of convenience”. The most unlikely scenario is Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc and the Party of Regions coalition.

Ukraine held general elections on September 30, but power sharing in the country remains to be decided in subsequent voting devoid of public participation and full of backroom intrigue. For a second time in a row, Ukraine has pulled off an internationally accepted demonstration of the people's will, with rank and file citizens putting an end to a crippling stand off between their two highest executive leaders.

On Saturday morning, a gas explosion rocked a block of flats in eastern Dnipropetrovsk Region, claiming at least 13 lives as of Sunday evening. Many more were injured or left homeless, while rescuers continue to search the rubble for survivors. Ukrainian political leaders responded immediately with the usual public promises to punish the guilty and help the victims.

With parties heir to Ukraine's Orange Revolution perched to retake full control of the country’s executive, Orange president Viktor Yushchenko is again demonstrating the kind of dubious indecision that cost them the government in the first place. His one-time revolutionary sidekick, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, was the real winner in the September 30 snap elections, earning enough votes to come back as premier.

The queen of Ukrainian politics, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, was the unofficial victor in Ukraine’s snap elections on Sunday, with exit polls indicating she will head the next government. But Tymoshenko’s ascension to power will be anything but a sexy saunter, as her enemies are unlikely to allow themselves to be sidelined by a pretty populist.

There was a time when educated Ukrainians didn't read the latest bestseller translated from English, or Dostoyevsky (pardon - Taras Shevchenko). During the middle ages, the literate were versed in what are called the Lives of Saints. The typical plot of these religious works is the struggle of a God-fearing Christian against heathens, nature or sinners. Times and tastes have changed, of course.