Tue, Nov 23, 2004 - Page 6 News List

Ukraine election spawns protests

`TOTAL FRAUD' Thousands massed in Kiev after early results of the election showed Pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich in the lead, amid accusations of fraud

AFP , KIEV

Both camps complained of voting problems, and throughout Sunday there were numerous reports in Ukrainian media of scuffles at polling stations, observers being barred and journalists being detained.

Yushchenko's campaign complained that Yanukovych supporters were given absentee ballots and bused out of their native regions and back again so they could vote twice. Yanukovych's side, meanwhile, cited voter list problems and said some stations were refusing to give out absentee ballots in violation of Ukrainian law.

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