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Burisma Group, the company where former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board of directors, keeps a low profile even as it promotes itself as a major natural gas producer.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is trying to fulfill a campaign pledge to end a five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine. A Russian-backed insurgency has cost more than 13,000 lives since 2014.

"America used to be a beacon of freedom, liberty and anti-corruption efforts. Now a lot of Ukrainians feel like ... we are by ourselves," says a Ukrainian political commentator.

The political upheaval that a call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents set off in Washington has thrust Ukraine into the limelight. Here's a look at how it got involved.

Crimeans who criticize Russia's annexation of their peninsula have a difficult road ahead, and say dozens have been jailed or have had to flee to other parts of Ukraine.

The synagogue is "very important," says an archaeologist, "not only for Jews but all people living in Lithuania." Just 3,000 Jews are left in the capital, compared to some 70,000 before World War II.

A lawyer attending the "Return of the Names" event said it was a rare occasion to express discontent with Russia's present government.

"Normal people collect stamps and I try to give my cheese to Putin," says cheesemaker David Sirota. "I know 100 ways to get into an event with Putin but every time, his security takes away my cheese."

Some Russian commentators and politicians rejoiced after Monday's meeting between the two leaders, with one columnist even calling it "another small miracle."

A once-secret underground naval base in Crimea designed to preserve Soviet submarines in case of a nuclear attack is now a museum with an anti-American message.