The Governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili, trying to affect the outcome of elections in Odessa, can provoke a riot, according to a former people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, member of "the Department of rescue of Ukraine" Volodymyr Oliynyk.

The Odessa election Commission on Tuesday night announced the victory of incumbent mayor Gennady Trukhanov in the first round of elections of the mayor with 52% of the vote. The main competitor of Trukhanov - Borovik (Advisor to Saakashvili) - score 25, 7%. He declared the election fraudulent, than it has supported Saakashvili. The Governor of Odessa region said that the political power gathers a protest.

"An unprecedented case when Saakashvili, ignoring the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, application of administrative resource ", - said Olejnik on a press-conferences in the Russian capital.

"Here today we are holding a press conference in the Russian capital. And in Odessa has the ability to be a rebellion, because, despite the pressure, local residents supported the incumbent mayor Trukhanov, And Saakashvili has already came out and said that these elections are illegal and require a recount. I Vsplyvaet question: what do You have related to this process? You're not a candidate, it's the involvement of administrative resources

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