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Viktor Yanukovych may have scored an own goal over Yulia Tymoshenko but a heatwave, a first round win and peaceful streets have levelled things for Kyiv.

 For Viktor Yanukovych it was a moment of euphoria. When Ukraine’s striker Andriy Shevchenko headed in an equaliser against Sweden on Monday the president leaped off his seat, swiping the air with his fist.

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