The silhouette of the man on stage at Maidan Nezalezhnosti was that of Viktor Yushchenko, the leading contender in Ukraine’s upcoming presidential election. The voice was his. The team around him, too.
But his face wasn’t instantly recognizable.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Victor Yushchenko (R) and his wife waves to supporters after the supreme court's verdict on the central square in Kiev, 03 December 2004. Ukraine's supreme court Friday annulled the results of a bitterly disputed presidential election and called for a new run-off vote with the same two candidates, which the opposition said must be held by December 26 AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo by VIKTOR DRACHEV / AFP)
