ODESSA, Ukraine -- The three-week election campaign turned into a game of "Survivor" for Vladimir Rondin, a candidate from Odessa in parliamentary elections that could decide whether Ukraine sets a new, more democratic course, or slips back into the old mire of corruption that has plagued its politics for more than 20 years.
Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election
Daily Beast: Ukraine’s wild and wooly elections
Members of the Ukrainian Parliament and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk applaud after a vote for a bill establishing an anti-corruption bureau in the country on Oct. 7, 2014 in Kiev .
