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Ukraine’s local elections: Mayors in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv heading to re-election

October 25, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

According to an exit poll by the Social Monitoring Center NGO and commissioned the Committee of Voters of Ukraine watchdog,

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Top 10 facts about Ukraine’s October 25 local elections

October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s elections on October 25 are the nation’s next democratic step in choosing its leaders following last year’s EuroMaidan Revolution

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Poll: Most Ukrainians don’t understand how to vote in October 25 elections

October 23, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

With the campaign for October 25 local elections in Ukraine in its final days, more voters know who they want

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Ukraine’s October local elections highlight battle under way to fill eastern Ukraine power vacuum

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

The competition is on for the October 25 local elections in the remaining eastern Ukraine power hubs of Dnipropetrovsk and

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Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report

October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s

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Dutch report on MH17 crash refutes Russian version

October 13, 2015October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk 9M38M1 anti-aircraft missile on July 17

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Ukraine’s ban of foreign journalists ignites international ire

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Prominent foreign journalists briefly found themselves in the company of Kremlin cheerleader and Chechen strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Ukraine’s

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Investigation reveals the presence of Russian military in Syria

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Syria

As authorities in Russia deny the country’s military presence in Syria, dozens of photos of Russian soldiers posted in various

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Riot police severely wounded in grenade attack outside Ukraine’s parliament

August 31, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Several riot police were badly wounded on Aug. 31 when an explosive device was thrown at them from among a

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