Mediagazer: Prominent journalist, civic activist Chornovol beaten near Kyiv (UPDATED) (Mariia Shamota/Kyiv Post)

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Mariia Shamota / Kyiv Post:

Prominent journalist, civic activist Chornovol beaten near Kyiv (UPDATED) — Prominent Ukrainian journalist and civic activist Tetyana Chornovol was brutally beaten outside Kyiv just after midnight on Dec. 25. — hornovol is in reconstructive surgery now, opposition Batkivshchyna Party member of parliament Serhiy Pasynsky said.

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