In a famous scene from the second chapter of the saga “Servant of the people”, a young Ukrainian President meets with delegates from the International Monetary Fund for a round of talks about the next line of credit for his country. The loans, however, comes with heavy conditions, like opening up the country for shale… Continue reading

In a change of policy, Ukraine has agreed to include representatives of the Donetsk and Luhansk People Republics in negotiation talks. On March 11 representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) signed in Minsk a document that envisages, among other things, the creation of a special Advisory Council… Continue reading

Ukrainian politician and former aviation pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, in a recent appearance on the Ukrainian TV channel Zik, said that corruption in Ukraine is a good thing for Ukraine’s Western partners. “It is not acceptable to prevent Ukraine from getting rid of corruption. We have to understand here that corruption in Ukraine is very lucrative… Continue reading

Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and the ex-governor of Odessa oblast in Ukraine, who after a fallout with the then Ukrainian President Poroshenko exited Ukrainian politics, in a recent appearance on Ukrainian television predicted a possible break up of Ukraine. According to Saakashvili, the main threat in the country comes from corrupt local officials.… Continue reading

Over the last few years, people have learned that politics and the business of running a country in Ukraine can be a little volatile. Two revolutions in the last 15 years and the war in the East were not a receipt for stability. Zelensky’s crushing victory in the Presidential election in April and in the… Continue reading

Three months have passed since Volodymyr Zelensky was surprisingly elected as the new president of Ukraine, after inflicting a heavy defeat on the incumbent Petro Poroshenko, obtaining 73% of the votes. After taking office in May, the new president, repeating his electoral promise to set new foundations for the political system in Ukraine, made use… Continue reading

Второй тур недавних украинских выборов показал достаточно интересную картину распределения голосов по регионам. Действующий президент Петр Порошенко, строивший свою предвыборную кампанию на национализме, милитаризме и противопоставлении себя Путину, победил только в одном регионе Украине – в Львовской области и некоторых сопредельных районах Тернопольской и Ивано-Франковской областей. Это и есть исторический регион под названием Галичина (или… Continue reading

With the Ukrainian second round of elections approaching next week,incumbent President Poroshenko went into a fighting modus. He accused his opponent, the comedian Vladimir Zelensky, of having ties to the Kremlin, and presented himself as the best one to face the Russian president Putin. Ukrainian pro-presidential channels actively promote the idea that only Poroshenko could… Continue reading

Украинская предвыборная гонка выходит на финишную прямую, раскрывая все новые грани отчаянной борьбы за пост президента государства. В предвыборной борьбе действующий президент Порошенко особенно отличился попытками демонизировать своего оппонента, приписывая ему связи с Кремлем, а себя представляя в качестве единственного борца с Путиным. Украинские пропрезидентские каналы активно пытались донести до избирателя мысль, что только Порошенко… Continue reading