May 11, 2008
As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap
“The very idea of freedom exists here and it is developing”
A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower.
Filipp Pishchik says this and similar cartoons, depicting the former president as a corrupt leader who stifles free speech, got him in trouble with authorities and forced him to leave Moscow last year for neighboring Ukraine.
'Ukraine is just great,' said the 37-year-old designer and architect. 'Here there is hope.'
Since the 2004 Orange Revolution ushered in a vigorous, sometimes chaotic democracy, Ukraine has become an island of freedom and tolerance in an ex-Soviet bloc still dominated by authoritarian regimes, and journalists, political activists, artists, and business professionals have flocked here. Read more
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