The Hijacking of Ukraine's Democracy
In downtown Kyiv smartly dressed businessmen and chic women brush past the teens distributing political pamphlets, speeding off to their appointments. Neither looks particularly enthusiastic. Summer...
View ArticleUkraine's Elections: Eyes on the opposition
With the final tallies in Ukraine's 28th October election coming to an end, it seems the ruling Party of Regions is set to be victorious, ready to take on another five-year term. But as allegations of...
View ArticleFights, Fury, But No Solutions
It only took two days of brawls in parliament and bare-breasted protests for Ukraine to return to the exact same place it was before the elections. Jakub Parusinski discusses the implications of the...
View ArticleSvoboda's Mainstream Challenge
In October 2012 Svoboda took the Ukrainian political scene by storm, entering parliament for the first time with 37 seats out of 450. Dismissed by many as being too radical to bring on real change, the...
View ArticleUkraine's Gas Dilemma: Two steps forward, two steps back
Ukraine is finally taking serious strides towards energy independence, its biggest geopolitical headache. New deals should boost production from unconvential energy resources, alternative sources are...
View ArticleLutsenko Pardon is No Signal for Change
The rollercoaster that is Ukrainian politics took an unexpected turn on April 7th, when President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned several opposition figures, most notably Yuriy Lutsenko. The move was...
View ArticleDoing Less for Less
Ukraine is no economic powerhouse. And yet each year the country takes almost a month off in official holidays – 10 days in early January, another 10 or so in May, and a healthy sprinkling of...
View ArticleDigging the Trenches
European officials have described the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius this November as a last chance to sign the Association Agreement and move forward with Ukraine's European integration project...
View ArticleUkraine’s Media Landscape: The dark ages
"... all news is propaganda, just for different purposes. [...] values and ethics be damned, the only thing that matters is picking the winning side. But perhaps most importantly, in the long run, at...
View ArticleUkraine and the EU: A change in tone
Even by local standards, this autumn is shaping up to be a game-changer in Ukraine. A Russian trade ban on Ukrainian chocolates, among other goods, appears to have scared the country's leadership into...
View ArticleThe Ticking Time Bomb in Kyiv
Over the past week authorities have used bombs as excuses to close metro stations and airports, fearing the arrival of protesters. But while those alarms were false, the threat to Ukraine is very real....
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