Will Vernon

Will Vernon is a producer for BBC News. He has been covering the former Soviet Union region since 2010, and has produced a huge amount of material from Ukraine for BBC TV, radio and online during the current crisis. Previous to joining the corporation, Will worked as a translator for a gold-mining company in Russia.

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The rise of the clicktivists: will the revolution be digitised?

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