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NYT Correspondent - Clifford J. Levy http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/europe/02history.html?scp=2&sq=ukraine&st=cse, March 16, 2010

An incredible story about Ukraine's people's courage:

The Ukrainian presidential elections in November 2004 sent citizens into nonviolent protests in the street, opposing what was exposed as a fraudulent and corrupt process. The masses made a significant statement, but the cry of restistance that resounded the loudest was actually a silent and singular one - expressed through sign language via an interpreter for Ukraine's state-run television station. On November 25, according to the Washington Post, as Natalia Dmytruk signed the news of the eletions on Tv, she took the opportunity, standing live on national television, to stop interpreting the newscaster and to tell deaf Ukrainians what she felt they needed to know: "I am addressing everybody who is deaf in the Ukraine. Our president is Viktor Yushchenko. Do not trust the results of the central election committee. They are all lies ... And I am very ashamed to translate such lies to you. Maybe you will see me again -" She then completed the newscast according to the script, unsure of what awaited her after the broadcast (April 29, 2005). Word spread, and protesting escalated until a reelection was scheduled, and in December of that year, Viktor Yushchenko emerged victorious. Nonviolence is a strategy in which each of us can play a part.
 * Ukrainian Nonviolent Protest**

Source: Steffen, Alex ed. WorldChanging: A User's Guide for the 21st century. New York: HNA, 2008


 * this is a link to the USAID's final report on corruption in the ukraine. a good resource for finding out about challenges that this country is facing:**

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