KIEV, April 23 ??“ Support for Our Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko??™s party, rose over the past month for the first time since March 2006 election following his decree to dismiss Parliament, a poll showed on Monday.

Support for the ruling Regions Party, which is backed mainly by Russian speaking people in eastern Ukraine, also increased in the period, while rating of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko??™s party had declined.