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The fall of a Ukrainian hero
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 21, 2023 11:11am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Daria Meshcheriakova |
| News Date | Wednesday, December 20, 2023 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sergei Bubka was Ukraine’s most iconic sportsman. Now his name is mud.
The legendary pole vaulter — a towering figure in post-Soviet Ukraine; dominating world championships and smashing records before becoming an elite sports politician — has been linked to business conducted in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories, while he lives it up in glitzy Monaco.
As Ukraine continues to fight off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion in the freezing, soggy Donbas trenches, there is no greater sin. Bubka, the former athletic hero and native of Ukraine’s east, is now seen by many Ukrainians as a Russian collaborator.
For the man who once soared, bringing pride to newly independent Ukraine, how did it all go so wrong? |
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