KIEV, Jan. 18 – The expected election result of a runoff between the two key candidates in Ukraine's presidential election – Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko – will not have much effect on the hryvnia exchange rate, according to bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

However, experts did not rule out that the hryvnia exchange rate might fluctuate if serious tensions were to be seen between the two presidential candidates.