 Despite great difficulties, UkrPromInvest managed to survive until Yushchenko became President of Ukraine in 2005.Poroshenko was considered a close confidant of Yushchenko, who is the godfather of Poroshenko's daughters.Poroshenko was likely the wealthiest oligarch among Yushchenko supporters, and was often named as one of the main financial backers of Our Ukraine and the Orange Revolution.