Vladimir K. Bukovsky, a revered Soviet dissident who, after his release from the gulag, spent the second half of his life in Britain, denouncing President Vladimir Putin with the same fervor he had directed at the Kremlin’s Communist leaders, died Sunday in Cambridge, England. He was 76.
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian presidential race took a surreal turn Sunday when what was supposed to be a debate between the two candidates featured President Petro Poroshenko discussing Ukraine’s future with an empty lectern bearing the name of his rival, a comedian.