Ukrainians elected more than 10,000 mayors and 160,000 city councilmembers in local elections on October 25. It was the third nationwide election since the Euromaidan Revolution. A new International Republican Institute (IRI) poll of the Ukrainian-controlled territories of the Donbas region (i.e., Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts) reveals that only 26 percent of respondents believe the local elections were free and fair—one of several indications that a continuing and growing disconnect has emerged between residents of the Donbas and the Kyiv government. …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
