Yevgeniy Sverdlik has lived in the United States for most of his life, and he hasn’t seen Ukraine since 1996. But Sverdlik was born and lived for a time in the region that is now embroiled in political strife, including the recent occupation of Crimea by Russian troops at the direction of Russian President Vladimir […]
Ukraine native watches protests, turmoil unfold in homeland
Benicia resident: ‘Positive about future’ despite threat of war When voters in Ukraine chose Viktor Yanukovych as their president in 2010, a former Russian oligarch, Boris Beresovskiy, declared the nation had elected a “mafia don.” In the Feb. 17, 2010 edition of Ukrainska Pravda, Beresovskiy wrote, “I appeal to you, Outskirtspeople (residents of the Ukraine), […]