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What did Kyiv's news cycle hold before the vote?
Summary
A court ruling on PrivatBank and a security claim framed the final days before Ukraine's presidential election.
What was happening in Ukraine on 20 April 2019, the eve of a presidential election set for 21 April? Two developments from 17 April set the backdrop.
On 17 April, the District Administrative Court of Kyiv cancelled the nationalisation of PrivatBank. The ruling landed days before voters went to the polls.
On the same day, the Security Service of Ukraine said it had captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad. It said the group was responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy, and it tied the case to the run-up to the 21 April presidential election.
The two items were separate: one a judicial decision on a bank, the other a security claim about Russian military intelligence. Both were reported within the same few days as the campaign closed. Both were attributed to named institutions, the court and the security service, and both were part of the news environment in which Ukrainians prepared to vote.
