Adrian Karatnycky: A democratic misstep for Ukraine
A man examines his ballots as another leaves a pooling booth at a polling station in Kiev on Oct. 25, 2015, during Ukrainian local elections.
International monitors from the OSCE judged Ukraine’s local elections held this Oct. 25 to be largely competitive, free and democratic. While this was true for most of the country, the vote was also a major setback for the Ukraine’s efforts to integrate the citizens of its Russian-speaking East.
