Ukraine Today Goes to the selection

People going to the polls today for the parliamentary elections in Ukraine.
These elections by Europe 'democracy test' is seen as.
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The election of President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, as well as many small political parties competing in the Motherland Party.
'Iron Fist' boxing champion Vitali Kliçko'nun known as the liberal udar Party and the extreme right-wing Svoboda Party, led by two of them.
President Yanukovych, Tymoshenko prison has been criticized by the West for Determinance held responsible.
8:00 local time, starting at the elections will continue for 12 hours.
Final results are expected to be announced on Monday.
Parties' candidate lists will be determined by the selected half of the 450-seat Parliament.
The other half of the system is determined by a majority vote of the Parliament will consist of independent candidates.
Approximately 5,000 candidates are running in elections.
The BBC's correspondent in Kiev, Ukraine, these elections on David Stern is the most highly monitored elections and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 600 3,500 foreign observers followed the elections, he said.
Election campaigns,
New York Times in an article published this week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton stated that I tend to concern transferred to the OSCE-election report.
Of these concerns the use of government resources for the candidates of the ruling party, the censorship on the media, vote buying and electoral commissions are not transparent functioning.
Former Prime Minister Tymoshenko was convicted and imprisoned for not being laid is thought to stand for election
Exceeds the powers of a natural gas deal signed with Russia on trial for Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
On top of that, including free trade agreements with the EU association agreement with Ukraine will be postponed indefinitely.
Motherland Party, with the other opposition parties participating in the elections Tymoshenko common.
Three years with President Yanukovych, Tymoshenko calls for release was denied, and the proceedings maintained by independent courts.
The global economic crisis and pension and tax policies are quite a negative impact on Ukraine's 46 million population.
The government is trying to reduce public sector wages and pensions of public reaction artırararak.
However, this reporter that the $ 2 billion budget deficit and make it harder to get loans from the IMF says that the situation of the country.
3.500 observers monitoring the elections officials of Ukraine with the EU partnership agreement will open its doors again hopes.