Pro-Russia Yanukovich wins tight Ukraine polls

Ukraine has narrowly chosen the pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich as its next president, results showed yesterday, after elections that rejected the West-leaning policies of the Orange Revolution.
But with his margin of victory of around just 2.5 percent according to a count of almost all the votes, his challenger Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was showing no sign of conceding a poll that was much closer than forecast.