Topic: pro-european

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko speaks to supporters during a rally in Uman, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Presidential vote in Ukraine is scheduled for May 25. Ukraine is holding a presidential election Sunday but it has become downright dangerous for many in the east to be associated with the vote, since the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence last week. Ukrainian police and election officials accuse pro-Russia gunmen there of seizing election commission offices and threatening members in an effort to derail the presidential vote. ((AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky))

Nataliya Vasilyeva, Peter Leonard