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bemildred

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10. Campaigning ends in historic Ukraine elections

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 05:07 PM

Oct 2014

On Sunday Ukrainians vote in parliamentary elections after a momentous year in which people power ousted a pro-Russian political establishment, and pro-Russians in the east took up arms against Kyiv.

The election campaign has been fought on issues of patriotism with the war in the east making it difficult to campaign on urgent issues like political and legal reforms.

“I’m watching the TV debates, and I haven’t decided who I will vote for. But I think I will choose Poroshenko’s bloc or Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front,” said one young woman.

“I think the election make no sense. I haven’t made my decision, perhaps I will decide who I will vote for on the day,” was one young man’s opinion.

http://www.euronews.com/2014/10/24/campaigning-ends-in-historic-ukraine-elections/

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