In Ukraine, between 100,000 and 250,000 people took to the streets today to protest the recent presidential election. The demonstrators occupied all of Freedom Avenue in Kiev and demanded that opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko be recognized as the winner of the election. Officially the pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich won but many questions have been raised about the fairness of the elections. Exit polls showed the opposition leader winning by as much as 6 percent. At least four Ukranian cities have refused to recognize the election results. U.S. election observer, Senator Richard Lugar said “It is now apparent that a concerted and forceful program of election-day fraud and abuse was enacted with either the leadership or cooperation of governmental authorities.”