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Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire who made his fortune from chocolates, is so far ahead in the polls that he may win Ukraine’s presidency on May 25th without a run-off. If he becomes the first elected official since the flight of Viktor Yanukovych on February 21st, his hardest task will be to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. But few easterners, whether pro- or anti-Ukraine, will vote for him.

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