The Ukrainian authorities even before the 2014 coup were always very wary of any referendum initiatives or even polls addressing 'uncomfortable' issues of language, culture, economic or social policies.
StateWatch, a Ukrainian think tank, identified at least 32 influential pro-Russian politicians and tycoons in Ukraine – high-profile people who publicly spread pro-Russian views. In one example, a year after the cross-government working group on sanctions sent to the National Security and Defense Council the documents needed to impose sanctions on Vitaly Zakharchenko, ex-Interior Minister, no decision has been made.
Beauty is a subjective concept. What is beautiful to one person may be repulsive to another. However, when polls speak out, it may be quite insulting and discriminatory.
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Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have established new facts of criminal activity of the former Minister of Education and Science Dmytro Tabachnyk, suspected of treason, the SBU reports.