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Democracy Under Fire: How The Frontline Town Of Avdiivka Made It Through Ukraine’s Parliamentary Vote


Democracy Under Fire: How The Frontline Town Of Avdiivka Made It Through Ukraine’s Parliamentary Vote
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The small town of Avdiivka, site of one of Europe’s largest coke plants, got no break from gunfire on July 21, when Ukrainians voted in a new parliament. But the battles this war-torn town faces are not just with the Moscow-backed separatists about 15 kilometers to its south, in the city of Donetsk. For many, as Current Time correspondent Georgiy Prylik reports, the struggle is also for a normal election in the face of abnormal circumstances.

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