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Ukraine Elections 2004
Kiev, Ukraine.December 28, 2004..A pro-Viktor Yushchenko rally in Kiev as election polls show him as a clear winner however he has not yet been declared the winner nor has his opponent refuses to admit defeat. ..He is joined on stage by his wife Kathy, his son Andrey and his political partner Yulia Timoshenko. ..The first round of voting was considered fraudulent when the ruling president Viktor Yahukovich won and the opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko lost. ..Several hundred thousand Ukrainians took to the streets of Kiev and held daily rallies on Maidan Independence Square. The protests lasted nearly a month before the first vote was declared invalid and a new round of elections held on December 26, 2004. ..The demonstrations would come to be known as the "Orange Revolution" after the color of the opposition party.
