NEWSLINK: In Ukraine’s East, Low Voter Turnout in Election Signals Kiev’s Challenges
[“In Ukraine’s East, Low Voter Turnout in Election Signals Kiev’s Challenges; Wary of Poroshenko’s Government, Few Voters Head to Polls in Eastern Town Controlled by Kiev” – Wall Street Journal – James Marson – October 27, 2014]
The Wall Street Journal covers unfolding circumstances in Ukraine’s east, including issues over participation in recent legislative elections:
* * * The lack of enthusiasm for Ukraine’s parliamentary elections is a sign of lingering suspicion of Kiev in the country’s industrial east and indicates the difficulties the new government will likely have in cementing the loyalty of those towns it still controls there.
* * * Kurakhove – a gritty industrial town of some 20,000 residents – has been divided by months of war on its doorstep. Some went to fight for the rebel government, known as the Donetsk People’s Republic, or DNR, while others joined the Ukrainian army, locals said.
