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City councils of four major cities in Western Ukraine, including L'viv and Ivano-Frankivs'k, refused to recognize the official results and declared that Yushchenko had won the election. Round table talks organized by the out-going President Leonid Kuchma began between Yanukovych and Yushchenko. Run off election occurs Nov 22, 2004. Although he has not commented publicly on the vote, his aides have reportedly rejected it. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. The Yushchenko administration requested for an extraordinary seating of the Rada, the annulation of the election in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts where no observers or journalists were allowed after the closing of the electoral districts. At 11:30 p.m. (Kyiv time), the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, in a live TV broadcast of the Commission meeting, officially announced that Viktor Yushchenko won the presidential elections. Protestors clad in orange, Yushchenko’s campaign colour, took to the streets, and the country endured nearly two weeks of demonstrations. Doctor Michael Zimpfer, president of the Rudolfinerhaus clinic, stated that his illness had resulted from "high concentrations of dioxin, most likely orally administered".[3]. The LATimes reported on Soros’ role, noting the problems it would cause if he were to get too much credit for his activities. Col. Gen. Ihor P. Smesko (SBU chief) and Maj. Gen. Vitaly Romanchenko (military counter-intelligence chief) both warned Popkov to pull back his troops, which he did. Posted By: Vicky Davis on: August 17, 2017 In: Russia No Comments Vicky Davis on: August 17, 2017 In: Russia No Comments [15], In late 2002, Viktor Yushchenko (Our Ukraine), Oleksandr Moroz (Socialist Party of Ukraine), Petro Symonenko (Communist Party of Ukraine) and Yulia Tymoshenko (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc) issued a joint statement concerning "the beginning of a state revolution in Ukraine". The Ukrainian Supreme Court ordered the Central Election Commission not to publish the election results until the opposition's charges of electoral fraud had been addressed. In 1991 the Ukrainian Parliment declared it's independence. An Edison Timeline. [57] But it was an important symbolic gesture meant to demonstrate the resolve of the Yushchenko campaign not to accept the compromised election results. Ukraine's "orange revolution" is a genuine outpouring of popular sentiment for freedom and justice. 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