I am married to a Ukrainian woman and have travelled there frequently. It is a country rife with racism such that I strongly ure ANY person of colour not to venture into Ukrainian society without a strong Ukrainian host.

Corruption is rampant, the police are largely the perpetrators of racist targetting (for corrupt benefit) and the society, as a whole, are unexposed and very narrow-minded in terms of their world view–Probably what Western Europe was like circa world war 2.

My advice, if you must go *to every non-Ukrainan) is be very careful, alertin your national embassy is probably a good thing (be sure to get a phone number of an official you can call if trouble comes).

The country has a long way to go before it can be termed ‘user friendly’.