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The first European soccer championship to be held in eastern Europe was greeted with euphoria. In the end, though, the hope that the event would help usher in greater political freedom in Ukraine were dashed. Vitali Klitschko, the former boxing world champion and now a politician, takes stock of what the Euro 2012 meant for Ukraine. Read more on: http://www.dw.de/dw/episode/0,,16057230,00.html