Election turmoil has kept the one time Russian Republic in the news and torn between political factions. We'll speak with a roundtable of Ukrainian scholars and journalists about the state of their country as well as a first hand look at their troubled elections. Laura's guests are Dr. Alex Tsiovkh, Professor for the Ukrainian Program for the Center for Russian and East European Studies at The University of Kansas. Taras Kuzmov, Acting president of Kyiv Public Radio since 2003.
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The Ukrainian journalists are brought here as part of an exchange with the Ukraine Media Partnership Program. This August NHPR General Manager Mark Handley and Program Director Mike Arnold traveled to Kiev, Ukraine and Kyiv Public Radio to observe their broadcast facilities, work with journalists there and help develop a business plan for the station.
