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Poroshenko inaugurated as Ukraine’s president
Ukraine’s new president, Petro Poroshenko, took part in inaugural festivities at St. Sophia Square on June 7, 2014, in Kiev, Ukraine. Poroshenko was elected on May 25, 2014, with a majority in the country’s first round of presidential voting.
New Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko looks down as he 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/Getty Images)
Ukraine’s new president, Petro Poroshenko, waves during inaugural festivities on June 7, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Poroshenko was elected on May 25 with a majority in the country’s first round of presidential voting. (Getty Images)
New Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko salutes people 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/Getty Images)
In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office (BPA) German President Joachim Gauck walks past Maidan Square barricades that remain in the centre of Kiev on June 7, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Gauck joined other world leaders in Kiev for the inauguration ceremony of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko was elected on May 25 with a majority in the country’s first round of presidential voting. (Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) chats with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko (R) next to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) during the international D-Day commemoration ceremony on the beach of Ouistreham, Normandy, on June 6, 2014, marking the 70th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. (AFP/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) as Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko (R) walks past during the Ouistreham International Ceremony at Sword Beach to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion at Normandy, in Ouistreham, France, June 6, 2014. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 70th anniversary since the launch of ‘Operation Overlord’, a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (AFP/Getty Images)
