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Ukraine: Displaced and disadvantaged

Ukrainian refugees from the Donbass region are facing bureaucratic hurdles. They have had trouble voting in the presidential election.

Date 11.04.2019
Duration 05:27 mins.
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Related Subjects Donetsk, Russia's partial mobilization, Black Sea, Ukraine, BRICS, Russia, Dmitry Medvedev
Keywords Ukraine, Russia, war, Donbass, elections, Poroshenko, Selenski
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