Ukraine - The Poroshenko administration
Skirmishes between separatist militias and government forces continued in the east, while the remainder of the country prepared for presidential elections on May 25. Although voting was seriously disrupted in Luhansk and Donetsk, with pro-Russian gunmen occupying polling stations and seizing ballot boxes, turnout elsewhere in the country was strong. Ukrainian billionaire Petro Poroshenko won in a landslide, easily topping the 50 percent mark necessary to secure a victory in the first round of polling. Tymoshenko finished a distant second, with 13 percent of the vote, while candidates from the ...