May 25, 2014 Presidential Election OP-ED

Taras Kuzio: Will the Willy Wonka of eastern Europe win Ukraine’s elections?

By Taras Kuzio.
According to polls Petro Poroshenko, a 'Chocolate King', will be Ukrainian president after vote on May 25.
Photo by Katya Gorchinskaya

 Ukraine is set to hold its sixth presidential election on May 25 with chocolate magnate Petro Poroshenko riding high ahead of his two rivals: Yulia Timoshenko, a former prime minister and a political prisoner under the recently deposed regime; and Serhiy Tihipko, a defector from the regime's ruling Party of Regions. In presidential elections held four years ago Timoshenko and Tihipko came second and third, respectively.

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