The Economist: Saakashvili goes to Odesa
Odesa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's ex-president, sings Ukraine's national anthem on Aug. 5 in Odesa.
In the spring of 2014, as the war in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region was breaking out, deadly clashes wracked the elegant port city of Odessa. On May 2 pro-Russian separatists shot at pro-Ukrainian demonstrators from behind police lines. The riot ended in a fire that killed 46 separatists. The city has been largely quiet ever since.
