It has been over nineteen years since I came to Ukraine as a journalist (it was the end of March 2007). From that time until the revolution in Ukraine and the ensuing chaos (and Russia's subsequent annexation of the Crimean Peninsula) in 2013-2014, being a Kiev correspondent was like being the "governor of Yalova" (a Turkish province in Turkey). Even though I often did more exclusive stories about Russia than the Moscow correspondents (especiall…
It has been over nineteen years since I came to Ukraine as a journalist (it was the end of March 2007). From that time until the revolution in Ukraine and the ensuing chaos (and Russia's subsequent annexation of the Crimean Peninsula) in 2013-2014, being a Kiev correspondent was like being the "governor of Yalova" (a Turkish province in Turkey). Even though I often did more exclusive stories about Russia than the Moscow correspondents (especiall…