Yuriy Tymoshenko
Born in 1961 in Stavropol Krai, Russia. A self-nominated candidate running for the post of President of Ukraine in the election to be held on March 31, 2019.
He is a People's Deputy of the 8th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada. He was nominated to parliament by the People's Front, but in January 2019 the political force expelled him from the faction.
On February 6, the Central Election Commission registered him as a candidate. In addition to having a surname similar to that of the Batkivshchyna leader, he also has the same initials, Yu. V. (Yurii Volodymyrovych – Yuliia Volodymyrivna).
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