Marina Demko wants to build a stronger Ukraine if she wins a seat in her nation’s landmark Sunday parliamentary elections. But she has one big problem: she is campaigning to represent a part of her country that is under the control of Russian-supported rebels who are trying to build a parallel state.
Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election
Washington Post: Ukraine elections highlight nation’s split between east and west

A young girl looks at a list of candidates at a polling station in Kyiv on Oct. 25, 2014, on the eve of the country's parliamentary elections.