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How the Russia’s war on Ukraine will change the world, with Serhii Plokhy

World Review from the New Statesman

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The Democracy of Ukraine After the War

The story of Ukrainian democracy starts before this war. And what happened with the war was that democracy became in Ukraine much more effective than it was before. You see now the electoral map when it comes to presidential elections, not parliamentary, to presidential, completely changed. It's so fascinating. I'm glad you mentioned the ongoing kind of challenges of Ukraine trying to assert itself as a democratic nation. We saw earlier this year, even Zelensky's drive to eradicate corruption within his own government. That push showing that there's still internal struggles for Ukraine to achieve true democracy.

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