Ethnic Azeri ahead in Ukraine town mayor election
KIEV – An ethnic Azerbaijani Ukrainian lawmaker leads the way in the mayoral elections in the town of Kremenchuk. Oleg Babayev has gained about half of votes.
Incumbent mayor Nikolay Glukhov, who ran for re-election, received 25.6 percent of the votes, and has congratulated Babayev on his win.
Final election tallies are due to be announced by November 10.
Babayev is a member of the Supreme Rada (Ukrainian parliament). He is also a businessman and runs several production companies in the Poltava province. Babayev is president of the local Vorskla soccer club as well.
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