Like many other members of Ukraine’s parliament, Mustafa Nayyem doubts the cease-fire in his government’s battle with Russia-backed separatists will last, given what he sees as Russia’s lack of good faith.
But Nayyem speaks from a unique perspective: He was born in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation and went on in his adoptive country of Ukraine to become a key player in events that led to the ouster of its Russia-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych.
Now, he contends, Russia is targeting Ukraine for a complete takeover.
Nayyem is credited with sparking the wave of protests against Yanukovych that eventually forced him from power: On …read more
Source: Voice of America
