President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko condemns the visit of presidential candidate Yuriy Boiko and leader of the movement Ukrainian Choice – The Right of the People, member of the For Life Party Viktor Medvedchuk to Russia and negotiations with leaders of the government and Gazprom. “They are discussing the economy… They are discussing the issue … Continue reading Poroshenko condemns presidential candidate’s visit to Moscow – Kiev Post

Leader of the Oppositional Platform for Life Party Vadim Rabinovich urged to dissolve the office of president of Ukraine during an interview on 112 Ukraine TV channel. “If we care about Ukraine and its future, it would be ideal for the Rada to save the country in the remaining period before the parliamentary elections by … Continue reading Ukraine’s Rada recommends eliminating office of president – NewsAM

As election tensions mount in Ukraine, different law enforcement agencies are showing competing allegiances. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, who supervises the national police, and sympathises with the opposition, alleges that President Petro Poroshenko’s reelection campaign is involved in massive vote buying, and has called one of Poroshenko’s campaign heads in for questioning. He also claims … Continue reading Law enforcement agencies take sides as election tensions rise in Ukraine – BNE

United States Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch has stressed the need to prevent violence by extremist groups during the upcoming presidential elections, the first round of which is scheduled to be held March 31. Ambassador Yovanovitch on Thursday met with Interior Minister Arsen Avakov to discuss "the importance of free and fair elections," the U.S. … Continue reading US concerned the violence of extremist groups during the presidential election in Ukraine – UNIAN

A team of Ukraine's ex-PM and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko say they believe that "fictitious firms" have been depositing money with nationalised PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest lender, with the aim of buying votes in favour of incumbent President Petro Poroshenko. "It's turned out in the past several days — I think this is going to be … Continue reading Ukrainian president accused of “buying votes” using nationalised PrivatBank – BNE

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine registered 680 observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (ODIHR OSCE) and refused in the registration of 24 suggested by the organization candidates for observing the process, who were the citizen of the Russian Federation. The press service of the CEC reports this. “The ODIHR OSCE sent the application … Continue reading Ukraine refuses to register 24 Russian OSCE observers for the elections – 112UA

Facebook suspended all political advertising in Ukraine 11 days before the presidential elections, as Ukrainian News reported. Prohibition of the distribution of the advertisement concerns socio-political publishers and advertising agencies which deal with an advertisement of their materials in the social media. Those who are in Ukraine can post an advertisement to prevent interference in the election process. … Continue reading Facebook suspends political ads in Ukraine – 112UA

More than two-thirds of the Ukrainian population say their country is going in the “wrong direction,” a poll by the Rating Sociological Group found reported Tass on March 18, and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko leads the disapproval polls. On average 69% of Ukrainians said the country is going in the wrong direction, while only 16% stated … Continue reading Over two-thirds Ukrainians believe country headed in the wrong direction – BNE