Chocolate tycoon heads for landslide victory in Ukraine presidential election

Petro Poroshenko has faced down protesters and rivals to lead the opinion polls before the first round of voting on Sunday

Presidential hopeful Petro Poroshenko meets supporters in Uma. Photograph: Reuters

Luke Harding, and Oksana Grytsenko

Friday 23 May 2014

For a man with presidential ambitions, it was not a propitious scene. Petro Poroshenko stood atop a bulldozer between a line of police and an angry crowd chanting expletives at him. Shouting into a loudhailer he urged calm, asking protesters to desist from storming the presidential headquarters in Kiev.

Chocolate Tycoon Heads for Landslide Victory in Ukraine Presidential Election by nelvely