Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Thursday she
doesn't believe that presidential elections winner Viktor Yanukovych
will keep his pledge to raise living standards, RIA Novosti reported.
Tymoshenko has said she will challenge the results in court, citing fraud allegations.
"No one in Yanukovych's team will do anything to raise social standards," Tymoshenko told a cabinet meeting.
Yanukovych previously urged Tymoshenko to resign and move into the
opposition, saying democratic leaders should acknowledge the public
will.
International monitors have praised the elections, which the United
States on Tuesday called a step forward in the former Soviet state's
democratic development.
Yanukovych said Ukraine would focus on ties with Russia and other
ex-Soviet states, but would also seek closer relations with the
European Union and the United States.
