Supporters of Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko attend the opening ceremony of the congress of her Batkivshchyna party in Kiev, Oct. 24, 2009. Tymoshenko urged Ukrainians on Saturday to elect her president in a populist performance in which she pledged to make her country part of the European mainstream. The posters in front read, "Ukraine will win" and "Yulia." (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

Can US political consultants sway Ukrainian voters?

AKPD advises aspiring presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Ukraine — The slogans — pithy, powerful and simple, just black and red lettering on a white background — first appeared this summer and are now plastered throughout the country on street banners, billboards and posters. 

“They talk, she works.”

Or: “They promise, she works.”

Or: “They betray, she...

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