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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is being sworn in Saturday, and has one pressing item above all on his agenda: Finding a solution to the conflict in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists have proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic and are seeking autonomy, if not outright independence. But after that, he will have to tackle widespread corruption, one of the main issues fueling the Euromaidan movement that ousted his predecessor Viktor Yanukovych.

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