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On the recordMay 17, 2011
I also want to address Ukraine because Freedom House just downgraded Ukraine from free to partly free and warned that the country is headed down a path toward autocracy and kleptocracy.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen highlights Ukraine's downgrade in freedom and warns of its potential autocratic path.

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