Saturday, December 9 , 2017 - 1:42 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
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Anticorruption protests: Protests in Ukraine focusing on endemic corruption are tapping a deep strain of discontent in a country prone to upheaval. Antigovernment protesters have set up a few dozen tents outside parliament in Kiev, a far smaller showing than during massive 2014 protests and the 2004 Orange Revolution that forced a rerun of a fraudulent presidential election. The protests are spearheaded by former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was arrested on Friday. His overall support in Ukraine appears low, but
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, December 9 , 2017 - 1:42 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
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Anticorruption protests: Protests in Ukraine focusing on endemic corruption are tapping a deep strain of discontent in a country prone to upheaval. Antigovernment protesters have set up a few dozen tents outside parliament in Kiev, a far smaller showing than during massive 2014 protests and the 2004 Orange Revolution that forced a rerun of a fraudulent presidential election. The protests are spearheaded by former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was arrested on Friday. His overall support in Ukraine appears low, but
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
