Ukraine election: The 'clone' candidate for president?

Two of the candidates in next month's Ukrainian presidential election have the same surname and initials.

The widespread suspicion is that Yuriy V Tymoshenko is what's known as a clone candidate, planted maliciously to steal votes from confused people who really want to vote for the former prime minister, Yulia V Tymoshenko.

Jonah Fisher reports from Kiev.

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