Boxer weighs into Kiev politics

Report of a FT interview with Vitali Klitschko, currently heavyweight boxing champion of the world but also planning a political career in his country, Ukraine.

Mr Klitschko’s Udar (Punch) party is expected to enter Ukraine’s national parliament for the first time after elections in the autumn of 2012.

ESO: Background information: EU-Ukraine summit hangs in doubt http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-ukraine-summit-hangs-in-doubt/

ESO: Background information: Meeting with Vitaly Klitschko, leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-meeting-with-vitaly-klitschko-leader-of-the-ukrainian-democratic-alliance-for-reform/

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