Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Jamie Dettmer: Back in the USSR in eastern Ukraine
Border guards of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic check passengers' IDs as they wait to cross from east Ukraine into Russia at the border crossing of Uspenka, on Nov. 15 2014.
DONETSK -- They shuffled in the hallway wrapped up to withstand the cold, waiting to register documents with the health authorities of the separatist authorities in the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic, and as they waited they shared whispered complaints about their new political knyaz (masters) taking care not to be overheard.
