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Hello. Today the Battle for the Future of Ukraine reaches the tree-lined boulevards of Odessa. The American economies moving east from Wall Street to California,

but in the sunshine state that money is not always welcome.

The son of an Italian mafia boss explains how he turned his back on the

family business. And as the far right was notching up huge election gains in France,

why were thousands of gypsies making their way to a small seaside town in the Carmag?

The Ukrainian President-elect, Petro Poroshenko, has said the fight against separatist violence in the east of the country has now begun in earnest.

He was speaking after the government operation to retake Donietz Airport

that led to a major defeat for the militants.

Another of the new president's priorities that led to a major defeat for the militants.

Another of the new president's priorities will be to reduce tension in his home city of Odessa.

Last month, more than 40 people died in a fire there, many of them pro- Russians.

Tim Huell says this Black Sea port, home over the years to numerous poets and writers,

seems an unlikely place to be playing a key role in Ukraine's future.

In his story, how it was done in Odessa,

the Russian writer Isaac Barbule,

a Jew with glasses on his nose and autumn in his heart,

describes with awed fascination a hero he could never be.

The mafia boss Benya Creek, also known as the King, suavest, brashest,, of all the mobsters of that legendary city by the sea.

Benya Creek!

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