New York Times: Ex-Professor Upsets Ukraine Politics, and Russia Peace Accord

When she moved into her office as deputy speaker of Parliament a little over a year ago, Oksana I. Syroyid hung a large oil painting called “The Edge of the Sky Is Glowing.” It shows a man turning his back on the viewer while flames burn on the horizon.

“This,” she said, “is every oligarch and every Russian agent who is still Ukraine."