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December 26, 2004
Ukraine Election | Exit Polls: Liberal Yushchenko Wins Ukraine Election
Exit polls in the re-run of Ukraine's presidential election Sunday said liberal challenger Viktor Yushchenko had beaten Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich by a wide margin.

Yushchenko, who called crowds of supporters into the streets to denounce cheating in the last poll, scored 56.5 percent to 41.3 percent for Yanukovich, according to a poll by the Kiev International Institute for Sociology and the Razumkov Center.

A second poll, by the Center for Social Monitoring, gave him an even wider lead -- putting his share of the vote at 58.1 percent and Yanukovich's at 38.4 percent.

Yanukovich had initially been declared the winner in last month's run-off vote, but his victory was overturned by the Supreme Court which agreed with opposition charges that the election was rigged in his favor.

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Posted by Michele at December 26, 2004 01:53 PM | TrackBack
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Let this be a lesson to you, kids - don't poison the opposition. It looks bad, it's not cricket and it has a nasty habit of coming back to bite you.

As Luttwak noted, there's no good time to use chemical/biological weapons. You're either winning and you don't need them, or you're losing and God help you when the opposition fishes you out (Chemical Ali). I'm sure the Iraqis can think of a few ways of disposing of Ali, none of them pleasant.

Whether Yanukovich knew anything about the dioxin, he will be forever associated with the incident. Scott Peterson has a brighter political future.

Posted by: torpedo_eight [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 26, 2004 02:34 PM

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