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Over the past decade Ukraine has been battered by insurrection, economic crises, and the loss of Crimea to Russia. Now, with tension in the east continuing and millions driven from their homes by war, a new battle is under way - against deeply entrenched corruption and over mighty oligarchs, who still exercise such power and control over the country's assets that many fear Ukraine's very existence is under threat.

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