Yanukovych rules out Tymoshenko’s premiership in Ukraine | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Ukraine’s president-elect, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, said Sunday he would not let his rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko remain on her post but pledged to take into account the interests of her supporters.
In line with the official results, the presidential election’s second round on February 7 gave Yanukovych 48.95%, or 12,481,266 votes, while Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko garnered 45.47%, or 11,593,357 votes. A total of 4.36% voted against all.
‘I will certainly take into account that 45% of Ukraine’s voters supported Yulia Tymoshenko,’ Yanukovych told Russia’s Channel One in an interview before the official results were announced Sunday.”