Potemkin observers

Eastern approaches 2015-07-01

Summary:

REBEL commander Alexander Zakharchenko smiled only slightly on hearing that he had won this weekend's elections in Donetsk, Ukraine (pictured). The results were never in doubt: Mr Zakharchenko's nominal opponents openly supported him, and his face was the only one on campaign billboards.

Link:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/11/ukraines-rebels-and-eurosceptics?fsrc=rss

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Date tagged:

07/01/2015, 04:44

Date published:

11/04/2014, 08:33