ZAPORIZHIA, UKRAINE As we slid into a taxi on a bone-chilling afternoon, the driver delivered the news: “Lenin kaput,” he said with a wide grin. “You want to have a look?” We rushed to a square on the Dnieper River where, for days, workers braved freezing winds to bring down a last vestige of Communist...
The respect Ukrainians hold for the Dark Lord from the Star Wars films has taken a new turn, as an artist from Odessa has transformed a statue of Lenin into a Darth Vader monument, with a Wi-Fi router hidden under the helmet included as a nice bonus. The monument, which is located on the premises of an Odessa factory, was...