I emailed my mom's cousin and her Ukrainian husband and asked them about the upcoming elections in Ukraine, and I've put their reply in the extended entry. The summary is that the current president (Yushenko) may loose power if his party can't for a coalition for a majority in the parliament.
Its good to get my eyes off of America and spend some time thinking about and praying for other nations, and trusting that the Son is ruling them and us with a rod of iron, for the good of his people (the church) and his glory. Psalm 2.
My mom's cousin Audra wrote,
You are right, there will soon be parliamentary elections,
and this is a big deal. This could mean that the president
will have very little power if his party doesn't join with
another and form a majority. Right now there are 3 big
parties, 3 smaller ones and dozens of others that won't come
into play. The 3 big ones consist of the party of the other
presidential candidate in the last election. Right now they
have the biggest percentage in the polls (Yanokovich). Then
the currest president's party is next (Yushenko) Then his
former prime minister (a woman named Tymoshenko) . Two of
these parties need to join together to form a majority
within a month of the elections. If one party doesn't
establish itself as a majority then the president dismisses
the whole parliament in a month and there will be new
elections. Which will likely be just another mess. If the
president's party doesn't establish the majority with
someone else then whoever does will pick the new prime
minister and he will have the most power in the country. So
there is the possibility that Yanokovich (who Yushenko beat
in presidential election) will become prime ministry and
this will be better than him having won for president.
This is probably a longer explanation than you needed but we
do need prayer.