US advisers add polish to Kiev candidates

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Series Details 28.1.10
Publication Date 28/01/2010
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Article discusses the army of western advisors who have won contracts to advise the competing candidates in Ukraine's 2010 Presidential elections.

The article reports that 'the rules of engagement in Kiev are much less transparent than they are in Washington, with campaigns widely funded by shadowy slush funds. Election laws, which should control funding and ethics, are enforced weakly'.

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ESO: Background information: Ukraine: Presidential Election 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-presidential-election-2010/

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