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Economy of Ukraine

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A struggling mining town in Ukraine looks to one of their own as leading presidential candidate

Global Politics

As Ukraine heads to the polls this weekend, the most likely candidate is comedian Volodmyr Zelenskiy, who is from Kryvyi Rih, a struggling mining town in Eastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine feels the pinch

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