Christopher Miller is a correspondent based in Kyiv who covers the former Soviet republics.
He wasn’t the only one who thought so. With the outcome of Russia’s presidential election a foregone conclusion, many Russians were less than eager to vote.
Ballot-stuffing, ballot-eating, mob attacks, and more. Here are some of the more shocking shenanigans in a Russian election day that was full of them.
A Russian website lets users pretend to be an official in charge of mobilizing voters. But turnout is no joke for the Kremlin.
A deputy head of the presidential administration and a "pro-Ukrainian" hacker say Ukrainian institutions remain unprepared for Russian cyberattacks and in some cases have ignored advice to bolster their defenses.
Authorities in Ukraine have rearrested the alleged mastermind of an international cybercrime gang that was busted in international raids more than a year ago.
Several female Ukrainian journalists say police officers forced them to undress and undergo invasive security checks in order to attend a Kyiv court hearing where President Petro Poroshenko testified via video link.
Plucked from a Kyiv eatery and banished from Ukraine, Saakashvili says he will be "10 times" more dangerous from abroad.
Opposition politician Mikheil Saakashvili has been deported from Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service said, after reports he had been detained by "kidnappers" in Kyiv and taken to an airport.
As many as 50 Ukrainian lawmakers are believed to have attended a religious event in Washington, meaning they were not in Kyiv to tackle crucial legislation.
In the latest move to shed its communist past, Ukraine's prime minister backs a plan to replace Soviet-era military greetings with a call-and-response popularized during Euromaidan. But its roots are controversial, too.
The editor in chief of a Ukrainian news site derided by critics as overly friendly toward Russia says he has fled the country and appealed for political asylum in Austria, citing threats of physical violence and "unprecedented pressure from the authorities," including President Petro Poroshenko.
They swore to protect Ukraine from criminals, but rights groups warn that 600 right-wingers on patrol could fuel intimidation and violence in Kyiv.
Russia has shown more "openness" to U.S. suggestions on a possible UN peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukraine, but Washington and Moscow remain far from striking a deal, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine says.
A new bill necessitates a new name for a four-year military campaign against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Just which one is up for debate.
Ukrainian authorities share the last images of slain activist lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska in a case that is testing Ukraine's rule of law.
Until recently, the idea that Ukrainian cuisine could feature on the menus of swankier cafes and restaurants seemed out of the question. But after a wave of patriotism following the Euromaidan unrest and conflict with Russia, that has all changed.
Ukrainian opposition politician and former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has declared a hunger strike, his lawyer told journalists on December 9.
A new film about Ukrainian "cyborg" soldiers who bravely fought for, but ultimately lost, Donetsk airport is the latest in Ukraine's push to document the ongoing war in art form.
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say they are concerned about attacks on Ukrainian anticorruption institutions.
Hundreds of anticorruption protesters clashed with police in Kyiv, calling for the ouster of Ukaine's president, as authorities launched a manhunt to find protest leader Mikhail Saakashvili after his dramatic escape from police custody.
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