[off] Congrats on the Election, Ruslan

[Keith DeLong]

Ukraine's Yushchenko Declares Victory
By ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC, Associated Press Writer
 
"There is news: It's over. Now, today, the Ukrainian people have won. I
congratulate you," he told the festive crowd in Kiev's central Independence
Square, the center of weeks of protests after the fraudulent and
now-annulled Nov. 21 ballot in which Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych had
been declared the winner.

"We have been independent for 14 years but we were not free," Yushchenko
said.  "Now we can say this is a thing of the past. Now we are facing an
independent and free Ukraine."

Yushchenko spoke after three exit polls and partial results projected him
winning an easy victory over rival Viktor Yanukovych.



Congratulations Ruslan. Our best to the people of Ukraine!

Wishing you a happy and safe New Year,

Keith DeLong