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VYSHNEVE, Ukraine - Loud cheers pierce the nighttime quiet in the small town of Vyshneve as the hulking figure of Vitali Klitschko climbs up onto a lit stage before a few thousand fans and supporters.  

It’s the home stretch of Ukraine’s parliamentary elections and Klitschko, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, has come to this Kyiv suburb of 35,000 to campaign for his upstart opposition party, Udar, which means “punch” in Ukrainian.

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