Ukraine Travel Guide
DANGERS/CRIME, ESSENTIAL COUNTRY INFO, MENTALITY, TRADITIONS, MALE-FEMALE What to Do? What to Pay? What to Say in Ukrainian or Russian languages? 1. DANGERS, CRIME, POLICE, CORRUPTION, EMBASSY SECURITY ADVICE ............................ 2 EMERGENCY: WHAT TO SAY in Ukrainian (UA) or Russian (RU) languages?........................... 2 EVERYDAY SECURITY TIPS .............................................................................................................. 2 o DRESS, BEHAVIOR, MAKE UP-RELATED: .................................................................................. 2 DANGERS: Air/Water Pollution; Dangerous Sidewalks; Unsafe Roads, Health, Radiation ................. 3 o ELECTRICITY AND WATER ........................................................................................................... 3 o AIR AND WATER POLLUTION ...................................................................................................... 3 o ROAD: UNSAFE ................................................................................................................................ 3 o DANGEROUS SIDEWALKS/BUILDINGS: Warning!..................................................................... 3 o HEALTH-RISKS: ................................................................................................................................ 3 o RADIATION RELATED FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEVELS OF RADIATION ....................... 4 CRIME: Street Crime, Baggage Safety, Public Unrest, Racism, Terrorism ........................................... 4 o STREET CRIME: “WALLET SCAM”: you pick a dropped wallet; money is missing; your money is gone… ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 o STREET CRIME: BEGGARS are harmless in general but may belong to a “ring”........................... 5 o BAGGAGE/LUGGAGE SAFETY in Ukrainian airports ................................................................... 5 o PUBLIC UNREST: Riot Police, Public Unrest Probability in 2012 ................................................... 6 o RACISM: tolerance, report 2011, anti-Semitic, skinhead football fans .............................................. 6 o TERRORISM-RELATED RISKS are, reportedly, low ...................................................................... 6 POLICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT .......................................................................................................... 6 o REFORMS:.......................................................................................................................................... 6 CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE: Why? Scholar’s view ........................................................................... 7 o CORRUPTION IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES ................................................................... 7 o CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE ............................................................................................................ 7 2. ESSENTIAL COUNTRY INFORMATION ............................................................................................... 8 LANGUAGES AND USAGE ................................................................................................................. 8 o SUMMARY: Ukrainians speak either Ukrainian or Russian, no other European language is spoken Ukraine-wide as a rule ................................................................................................................................. 8 CURRENCY, BILLS AND COINS ........................................................................................................ 9 TIME ZONE .......................................................................................................................................... 10 TELEPHONE CODES: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, NUMBER FORMAT, CALLING IN-OUT . 10 o TELEPHONE CODES: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk .................................................................... 10 o TELEPHONE NUMBER FORMAT................................................................................................. 10 3. MENTALITY, MALE-FEMALE, CHILDREN, TRADITIONS, CULTURE ...................................... 11 SOVIET MENTALITY, PATRIOTISM ............................................................................................... 11 MEN-WOMEN DIFFERENCES, CHILDREN, FEMINISM, WOMEN’S RIGHTS .......................... 11 o MEN – WOMEN DIFFERENCES, HOUSEHOLD ROLES ........................................................... 11 o CHILDREN ....................................................................................................................................... 12
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