As polls open in Ukraine, here are five facts about the country recently brought to the brink by uprisings, war and loss of territory
Ukrainians vote on Sunday in the second round of an election that could thrust a TV star with no prior political experience into the presidency. Here are five facts about a country at war wanting transformational change.
Here are five facts about a country that in recent years has been brought to the brink by uprisings, war and loss of territory."Ukraine" literally means "on the edge" and its history has been closely tied to that of its giant neighbour, Russia. The country later became part of the USSR. In the early decades of Soviet rule, it suffered during a devastating famine known as the Holodomor caused by Joseph Stalin's policies.
That year, GDP dropped by more than 6 percent, and the following year it fell almost 10 percent. In 2015, inflation hit more than 40 percent. The NGO Transparency International puts Ukraine at 120 out of 180 countries in terms of public perception of corruption -- better than its 2014 rating of 142, but well below its EU neighbours.
Anti-corruption campaigners regularly suffer physical attacks. Activists say they have recorded around 100 such attacks over the past four years.The world's worst nuclear accident took place in Ukraine on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power station.
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