By Olena Horodetska
KIEV (Reuters) - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko seeks an overwhelming victory in re-run presidential polls on Sunday to press painful market reforms and end months of political turmoil that have bitterly divided Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of his supporters took to the streets after his rival, Moscow-backed prime minister Viktor Yanukovich, was declared winner of the November election. After weeks of protests that shook the economy the Supreme Court annulled the vote, declaring it had been rigged in Yanukovich's favor.
This time, power looks within the grasp of Yushchenko, whose face is disfigured by dioxin poisoning he blames on an assassination bid by authorities rooted in the old Soviet order.
"Voters must choose between the road of poverty and corruption that we know so well and the road of truth, prosperity, justice. Taking that road will change our lives," Yushchenko said on Wednesday.
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Ukraine Faces Key Choices in New Presidency Poll
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