Viktor Yanukovych, the losing candidate in the recent runoff elections in Ukraine, will not concede defeat quietly. Today, he announced that he would file an appeal to the nation's Supreme Court seeking to annul his opponent's victory. The legal documents are reportedly 800 volumes long that Yanukovych described as 'a convincing package of evidence that would prove election fraud' in the December 26th revote. The appeal was expected to be filed either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Yanukovych was declared the winner of the first run-off election held last November despite all exit polls showing his opponent, Viktor Yuschchenko as being comfortably ahead. There were widespread allegations of election fraud and protesters took to the streets. The results of the election were later thrown out and a second run-off was scheduled for December 26th. Yuschchenko was declared the winner of the run-off with 51.99 percent of the vote to Yanukovych's 44.2 percent.

Yanukovych is closely allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin and wants to keep Ukraine closely allied with Russia. Yuschchenko wants to align Ukraine closer with the west including the United States. The western part of the country favors Yuschchenko while Yanukovych has more support in the eastern region. There have been fears of a breakup of the country or even a civil war.

Analysts doubt Yanukovych's appeal has much hope of success. Eight minor appeals have already been denied by the Supreme Court with regard to the election. According to Ukrainian law, a new prime minister cannot be sworn in until declared the winner by the Supreme Court and the result is published in two newspapers