Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election
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Hanna Kozlowska: What Ukraine’s watershed election says about its fears and hopes
Ukrainians took to the polls on Oct. 26, casting ballots in a parliamentary election that many are calling a milestone - a step from the country’s muddled political past into a West-oriented future. At the same time, however, words of caution are plenty, with observers both within and outside of Ukraine anxiously looking at the protracted conflict in the east, the government’s empty coffers and the corruption-prone political and legal systems in urgent need of reform.