Petro Poroshenko sworn in as new Ukraine president

June 07, 2014 14:34

Petro Poroshenko, who was sworn in as Ukraine's fifth post-Soviet president on Saturday, vowed to maintain the unity of his country amid a continuing crisis with Russia. He promised he would decentralise power and guarantee the free use of the Russian language. But he also said that there would be no compromise with Russia on his pro-European stance and the status of the Crimean peninsula. "Crimea has been and will remain Ukrainian," he said. .

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