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Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series: 1995

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Russian women demonstrate in front of the Crimean Parliament in Simferopol on March 22, 1995, as the autonomous peninsula’s prime minister, Anatoly Franchuk, was ousted. Then-President Leonid Kuchma reinstated Franchuk, his daughter’s father-in-law, nine days later in a bid to tamp down separatist sentiment and replace a pro-Moscow Constitution.
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Editor’s Note: In celebration of the Kyiv Post’s upcoming 25th anniversary on Oct. 18, 2020, we’re looking back at the people, issues and events that shaped Ukraine.

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