Tymoshenko not to recognize Yanukovych's victory

Yulia Tymoshenko has decided not to recognize the victory of Victor Yanukovych at the presidential election. Her position she announced at the BYUT fation session Monday evening.

According to a source, Tymoshenko said: "I will never recognize legitimacy of Yanukovych's victory with such election." She charged her lawyers with a task to get ready for appeal of the election results.

As one of possible variants Tymoshenko also named the conduct of the third tour of election.

According to the source, a part of BYuT members, headed by vice-speaker Mykola Tomenko, calls to recognize the victory of Yanukovych and to go in opposition.

However, there were some opinions to fight for Tymoshenko's victory.

According to 99.58% of processed protocols, Yanukovych got 48.83% of votes, while Tymoshenko – 45.59%.

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