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Ukraine's parliamentary elections took place on Sunday, and none of the country's three largest parties won an outright majority. However, the chief result of the election already seems clear: Ukraine's political course toward the West is stalled.
Exit polls showed that Viktor Yanukovich's pro-Russia Party of Regions took the lead in the vote, followed by the Bloc of Yulia Timoshenko (BYuT) and then President Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine in third place. Though preliminary election results are expected on Monday, Timoshenko already has announced plans to form an alliance with Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and the Socialist Party -- reuniting the Orange coalition, which swept to power in the last presidential election -- to claim a majority in the parliament. The coalition also should have the power to name a Cabinet.
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