KYIV, Aug 3 – Ukraine's Central Election Commission (CEC) on Friday confirmed budget requests for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2019, which are UAH 2.355 billion and almost UAH 1.95 billion, respectively.

"The commission approved the amount of expenses for inclusion in budget requests for budget programs in the draft state budget of Ukraine for 2019, namely: under the budget item 6731040 'Conducting Presidential Elections in Ukraine' – UAH 2.355 billion, and under the budget item 6731020 'Conducting Elections of Members of Parliament of Ukraine' – UAH 1.95 billion," the CEC's press service said.