Russia and Ukraine: what you should know on Thursday's Access Utah

By Tom Williams

Published March 17, 2022 at 12:16 PM MDT

Anna Pechenkina is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University. She is from Ukraine. A few weeks ago we talked with her about the situation there. Now, weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we’re going to check back in with Professor Pechenkina. We’ll ask how her friends in Ukraine are doing, her reactions to what’s happening and what the likeliest outcome is.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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