'Don't look back in anger'.

A thousand miles from Elza's Ocean.

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October 31st 2007
Saturday after midnight, on a street in the Vinohradar... The first rule of keeping safe in Ukraine is never share a taxi with people you don't know - but tonight the mistake was made for us; we missed the last trolleybus from Nivki metro, found a taxi instead, but two men climbed in after us. One was tall, in his late twenties, wearing a leather jacket and a black cap. He looked Central Asian, ... read more

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Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Gran... ... read more