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What did Ukraine's politics look like on 22 November 2018?
Summary
A look back at two developments in the days before 22 November 2018: a parliamentary vote on renaming a region and an attack on a rally in Kyiv.
What was shaping Ukraine's public agenda on 22 November 2018? Two reports from the preceding days stand out, one about the map and one about the street.
On 20 November 2018, the Verkhovna Rada decided to rename Kirovohrad Oblast as Kropyvnytskyi Oblast. The legislature then sent the bill to the Constitutional Court. The step meant the change was not yet complete: the court's review was still to come.
Two days earlier, on 18 November 2018, a planned transgender rights rally in Kyiv was attacked by far-right radicals. The report placed the violence in the capital, at an event that had been announced in advance.
The two items are unrelated in subject. One was a formal act of parliament, handled through constitutional procedure. The other was an assault on a public gathering. Together they show the range of political news in Ukraine in the days leading up to 22 November 2018.
