Ukraine's New 'War Heroes' Waste No Time Seeking Political Office

KIEV, Ukraine –-As a journalist, Mustafa Nayyem investigated and exposed the shadowy underworld of Ukrainian oligarchs.

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As a civic activist, he is credited with helping ignite the Euromaidan Revolution that ousted the government in February.



Now, Nayyem, a 33-year-old who often dons a T-shirt with the words "Ukraine –- Fuck Corruption," wants to change the system from within, hoping to trade in his proverbial pen and signboard for a seat in parliament.



"I see a window of opportunity…to go inside and change something," said Nayyem, who is running on the ticket of the president’s party, the aptly named Bloc of Petro Poroshenko.



Nayyem joins dozens of other well-known journalists, activists and people considered war heroes, who are running in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for Sunday Read more...

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