Shopping
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Television viewingin Kiev requires you to know Russian and/or Ukrainian. For English language viewing you need cable or satellite TV. |  |
Internet service is easily available, in Kiev, from several providers. Speeds between 1Mbit/sec and 100Mbit/sec are available. The higher speeds are for business. |
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Most Ukrainians shop for fresh vegetables, meats, cheeses, fish at old fashioned farmer markets. Kiev has a large selection of markets where you can buy everything fresh. |  |
Visitors to Kiev can buy a mobile phone with a SIM card, or simply put the SIM card into their own phone, and use it for both domestic and international calls. |
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Kiev has lots of the world's top shops and brand names. The best of Kiev shopping, offering a fabulous selection of goods, is concentrated in the heart of the city. |  |
After the break-up of the former Soviet Union, a plethora of military souvenirs became available to the general public. |
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Citizens of the Ukrainian capital were given an opportunity to enjoy the convenience of modern supermarkets of European and American standards just few years ago, in the late 1990s. |
