Viktor Yanukovych"s narrow victory over...
clan that cannot be split," he said.The head of Gardarika consulting group Konstantin Minchenko said that the biggest risk for Tymoshenko would be to accept defeat in the election.
"If she acknowledges the defeat, she will have no political future because her party is very much like the party of Yanukovych, centered around one leader." he said. "Tymoshenko is a brand and once the brand is defeated, the party disappears."
In a sign of heavy considerations, Tymoshenko, who had vowed to take her supporters to the street if she were not happy with the election results, postponed twice on Monday her post-election news conference, finally moving it to Tuesday.
Under the circumstances, Yanukovych may be forced to offer prime minister"s job to one of the candidates who took part in the first round, like former central bank chief Sergei Tigipko, Minchenko said. Before the runoff, Tymoshenko offered the job to Tigipko if he advised his supporters to vote
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