In the earlier communication with Moscow, Yanukovych had already been notified.
That is, all the support work for his election campaign would be handled by Mikhail!
In other words, his biggest "backer" from now on would be the overly young Mikhail in front of him...
In front of his own backer, he did not want to show weakness, much less be looked down upon by Mikhail.
Therefore, even without a sufficient winning chance, he still gritted his teeth and assured, "With the support of Yulia and financial backing, the two of us should be able to overwhelmingly surpass the opposition next year. After all, the combined support rate for Yulia and me is already over fifty percent."
According to the latest polling data, Yanukovych's support rate was at 32%, Yushchenko at 30%, and Yulia at 20%. The rest of the candidates, with support rates not even reaching double digits, are not worth mentioning.
32% plus 20% did indeed exceed fifty percent.