Yuriy Tymoshenko, Ukrainian lawmaker and presidential candidate whose last name and initials, Y.V. Tymoshenko, are the same as Yulia Tymoshenko's, the leader of opposition Batkivshchyna party and a presidential candidate, speaks to Reuters journalists in his flat in Kiev, Ukraine March 21, 2019. Picture taken March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Sergei Karazy
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainians casting their vote in this month's presidential election will need to be sharp-eyed: two candidates with the same name and initials, Y.V. Tymoshenko, will be next to each other on the ballot paper.
One is Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister and one of the frontrunners. The other is Yuriy Tymoshenko, a largely unknown lawmaker who insists he is the genuine candidate and that she is the bogus, or "technical", one sent to spoil his chances of victory.
