Reuters reports that Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as Ukraine's president Sunday:
Watched by Secretary of State Colin Powell, seven presidents of ex-communist states and relatively minor dignitaries from Moscow, Yushchenko took the oath of office in parliament to cap his two-month "Orange Revolution."
According to Reuters, before the ceremony, Yushchenko told Secretary of State Powell he was happy "that I have lived to the time when the Ukrainian president is elected not in Moscow, not in Washington, but in Ukraine."
Yushchenko also told Powell, that his victory would not have happened "if we didn't have partners that are advocating democratic principles and shared democratic values."
Freedom advances another step.
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