乌克兰前总理季莫申科将竞选总统
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday that she will run for president in elections on May 25, weeks after her release from jail after street protests ousted her political foe, former president Viktor Yanukovych.
乌克兰前总理季莫申科(Yulia Tymoshenko)周四称，她将在5月25日的大选中参选总统。数周之前，街头示威活动推翻了其政敌、前总统亚努科维奇(Viktor Yanukovych)，季莫申科旋即从监狱中获释。Ms. Tymoshenko lost to Mr. Yanukovych in a tight runoff in 2010, and was jailed a year later for abuse of office in a trial widely condemned as rigged.
季莫申科在2010年那次票数接近的大选中败给亚努科维奇，一年后因滥用职权罪被判入狱，当时外界普遍谴责判决受到了操纵。Ms. Tymoshenko is likely to be a leading contender in a crowded field, which is also expected to include businessman Petro Poroshenko and boxer-turned politician Vitali Klitschko. Several former supporters of Mr. Yanukovych, including former Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tihipko, have already announced they will run.
季莫申科可能是众多候选人中的有力竞争者。候选人预计有企业家彼得•波罗申科(Petro Poroshenko)、拳击手出身的政客维塔利•克利奇科(Vitali Klitschko)。亚努科维奇以前的一些支持者也宣布要参选，包括乌克兰前副总理季吉普科(Serhiy Tihipko)。
Recent polls have placed Ms. Tymoshenko in third place behind Messrs. Poroshenko and Klitschko, but she is known as a charismatic campaigner and surveys show many voters are undecided.
近期的民意调查显示，季莫申科的支持率落后于波罗申科和克利奇科，位居第三。不过她本身魅力非凡，而且民调显示许多选民还犹豫不决。Ms. Tymoshenko said she expected support from her base in the country's west and east, but would reach out to the east, which long favored Mr. Yanukovych, who has fled Ukraine.
季莫申科称，她期待获得全国性的支持，但她将尽量与东部地区接触。东部地区一贯支持已离境的前总统亚努科维奇。
