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said.Batkivshchyna spent a total of UAH25,184,323 ($891,130) in the second quarter of 2018, while in the first quarter, it spent UAH122,168 ($4,323), Korchak says.
Tymoshenko’s rival has been slow to challenge Tymoshenko with advertising and the Petro Poroshenko Bloc “Solidarity” is spending significantly less, and less as most of the other parties in the race as well. However, the president has the advantage of constant access to state TV and following the naval clash on the Sea of Azov on November 25 the president probably has little need of advertising to promote his message. Solidarity spent UAH2,901,463 ($102,663) in the first quarter and UAH3,452,068 ($122,156) in the second quarter,
As bne described in its who’s who in Ukraine’s elections there are at least six parties in the running for both elections although several of the likely candidates for the presidential race have not declared their intension to run yet.
Expenditures of the pro-Russian Opposition Bloc lead by Yuriy Boyko (aka Boiko) have also grown. In the first quarter of 2018, expenditures on propaganda activities (advertising, publishing, printing) amounted to UAH636,214 ($22,512), and UAH6,859,810 ($242,736) in the second quarter of 2018.
The Samopomich Association spent UAH3,355,655 ($118,736) on these activities in the first quarter of 2018, and UAH6,624,656 ($234,407) in the second quarter of 2018; the Radical Party of Oleh Liashko spent UAH548,347 ($19,403) in the first quarter and UAH6,518,993 ($230,662) in the second quarter, and the People’s Front Party has not submitted its financial report over the first quarter, while in the second quarter, the party said it spent UAH999,599 ($35,370) on propaganda activities.
2.6 7 out of 10 Ukrainians ready to vote in presidential election
Seven out of ten Ukrainians say they are ready to vote in the presidential election in March 2019, according to a poll by sociological group "Rating" on behalf of the International Republican Institute, Ukrinform.net reports .
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