Tag: former Soviet republic
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EU Election Forecast: Clear Victory as Patriotic Bloc Holds 27%
Election backdrop and tally As the state election commission reported that 90.63 percent of votes had been tallied, early results indicate a clear EU-leaning outcome in the former Soviet republic. The Patriotic Bloc, a coalition containing prorussian parties, sits on approximately 27 percent of the counted ballots. While this share is sizeable, analysts say the…
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EU Victory Seen as Pro-Russian Bloc at 27% in Former USSR
Early results point to an EU-favored outcome As counting continued, the state electoral commission announced that the pro-Russian forces within the Patriotic Bloc had climbed to 27 percent, with 90.63 percent of ballots tallied. The figure signals a clear tilt away from Moscow-aligned forces, but officials cautioned that the picture could still change as the…