BBC News: Reports that " Confectionary tycoon Petro Poroshenko, known as the "chocolate king", is the favourite to win. "
Lets Get Real:
The Kremlin has promised to respect today's vote in the Ukraine, but lets see what they say about the East of Ukraine, areas and large towns in the East have been prevented from voting by the Moscow supporting thugs, they have used violence to prevent the people having their democratic right, well democracy and Putin do not go together, fixing polls does, lets see how many of Putin's troops are removed from the border between the Ukraine and Russia. As this blog has stated many times, Putin has gotten what he wants, he has taken the Crimea and has a major influence on how events develop in the East. The threat of Putin is going to grow, he needs to keep his polls up, thus he appeals to the Russian anger at their diminish role on the World Stage after the fall of the USSR.
