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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

War heroes and activists to shape new-look Ukraine parliament

People walk in front of a pre-election poster with a portrait of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatseniuk in Kiev By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Out will go the bodyguards and mistresses, in are likely to come the street activists and war veterans: Ukraine's next parliament will be pro-Western and strongly nationalist, and it won't be to Russia's liking. Candidate lists for the Oct. 26 elections show how personal favorites backed by old school powerbrokers in the outgoing parliament are set to make way for people who made their names in Kiev's "Maidan" revolution last winter, or in resisting Russian encroachment in eastern Ukraine. ...




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