May 25, 2014 Presidential Election
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Serhiy Leshchenko: Poroshenko needs to get fellow oligarchs to stop being so corrupt
New Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko walks in front of the guard of honour during a ceremony of his inauguration in Kiev on June 7, 2014. Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukraine's fifth post-Soviet president today, vowing to maintain the unity of his country amid a continuing crisis with Russia. Poroshenko, a 48-year-old billionaire who won the presidential election on May 25 with 54.7 percent of the vote, took the oath in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY
The press center of presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko welcomed journalists not with champagne, but with an abundance of Roshen brand candy. He became president with an impressive showing in the election’s first round, but the night results were announced did not feel like a holiday—not in his headquarters, and not in Ukrainian society.
