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Editor's Note: The following story was published online by Russia Today, a Kremlin-funded information organization that has been criticized for its anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian propaganda.

Ukraine is spending billions to overhaul roads, airports and stadiums ahead of Euro 2012. Organizers say it will benefit the country's image and boost its economy, but others say the country’s authorities have their spending priorities all wrong. In a hangar in Kiev, a photographic exhibition with a difference. The images on display here show figures with their heads disguised as footballs experiencing some of Ukraine’s less savory treats – primitive accommodation, impassable roads, packs of stray dogs and corrupt police.

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