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| | Viktor Yushchenko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Viktor Yushchenko sprang to international prominence in 2004, when he ran for president of the Ukraine against the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, then forced a re-vote after the deciding election appeared to be tainted by fraud. |
 | | Yushchenko won that election by a margin of roughly 52-44%, but Yanukovych immediately contested the results, claiming that "the constitution and human rights were violated." Ultimately the country's Supreme Court ruled that the results would stand, and Yushchenko was inaugurated as president in January of 2005. |
 | | Viktor Yushchenko, - Viktor Yushchenko, Ukranian reformist politician, was sworn in as president in January, after... |
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