text: From EUR:Update on Ukraine Election SituationWith over 99.9 percent of the vote in Ukraine counted Yanukovych leads by 3.5 percent(almost 900000 votes) and is the clear winner and next president. The Central ElectionCommission should complete its vote tabulation today and must certify the results within tendays; certification is expected as early as Friday. Tymoshenko who has been silent publiclyplans to bring cases of alleged electoral fraud to the courts but they will not change theresult. Tymoshenko claims that she intends to work within the law and not to incite streetprotests.Our recommendation isEU Ambassadors in Kievhave recommended the same approach to Brussels but want to revisit it if there is no progressby Friday. Medvedev called Yanukovych today with praise for the conduct of elections butstopped short of congratulating him on his victory.Following certification of the election Tymoshenko is likely to appeal within the legal five-dayperiod. This will likely push back an inauguration date until early March.