The Communist victory in the parliamentary elections will ensure political gridlock and threaten reformsby Katya Gorchinskaya Kyiv–Volodymyr Sotnykov is only 40, but he looks like a typical Ukrainian pensioner: the grim face and wrinkled hands add to the impression of fatigue. He is disappointed with the young democracy and wants a return to the life where everyone was guaranteed a […]

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