The Ukrainian parliamentary elections are scheduled for October 26. Will new parties and politicians be enough to break Ukraine’s corrupt political culture?
Members of the election commission empty a ballot box at a polling station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum, bordering the Donetsk region during the presidential election. Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images
by Chris Dunnett, Hromadske International
produced by Maxim Eristavi
What You Need to Know:
✓ Post-revolutionary parties will likely make up a substantial parliamentary majority;
✓ Several established parties are polling terribly, will fail to enter the new parliament;
✓ Many former Yanukovych allies remain in the parliament;
✓ The popularity of populist politicians is on the rise amid Russian-backed invasion in Eastern Ukraine;
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