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on November 7, 2016 in World News

The exodus from Ukraine to Russia, 80,000 people a week

by Alexander Boyko, in Konsomolskaya Pravda, translated by Tom Winter From the “Square:” a mass exodus of Ukrainians to Russia The symbol of the new year in Ukraine may be a Cossack Vakula* that flies over precincts in St. Petersburg. Or a deserted farm near Little Russian Dikanka, a hut where the wind sings through the windows. Ukrainians are rushing to Russia not for overseas slippers, but for daily bread. They run from the country with their families, together with their farm neighbors, leaving forever. 1/4  WON’T RETURN Members of the International human rights organization Human Rights Action (HRA) said...

by Alexander Boyko, in Konsomolskaya Pravda, translated by Tom Winter From the “Square:” a mass exodus of Ukrainians to Russia The symbol of the new year in Ukraine may be a Cossack Vakula* that flies over precincts in St. Petersburg....

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