They may do so again. The most recent public-opinion poll suggested that Yanukovych’s Party of Regions would obtain 28% of the vote, and that its only ally to surpass the 5% electoral threshold would be the communists, with 11%, giving them a total of 39%, compared to 36% for two opposition parties, Tymoshenko’s Fatherland party (19%) and the heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko’s UDAR (17%).