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Members of the election commission empty a ballot box at a polling station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk on May 25, 2014. Billionaire Petro Poroshenko, set to become Ukraine's new president, said today that voters had made the choice of "European integration". Chocolate baron Petro Poroshenko claimed victory today in Ukraine's presidential election, vowing to bring peace after months of turmoil and a pro-Russian insurgency that thwarted voting across much of the separatist east. The 48-year-old self-made billionaire, who exit polls said had won almost 56 percent of the vote, swiftly declared that he would work to bring peace to Ukraine. AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII STEPANOV (Photo credit should read ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)