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Viktor Tkachuk
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Viktor Tkachuk is Chief Executive Officer of the Kyiv-based People First Foundation (www.peoplefirst.org.ua). A former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, advisor to three Ukrainian Presidents and former parliament member. Viktor Tkachuk can be reached via viktor.tkachuk@peoplefirst.org.ua. |
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Ukraine could be sitting on large gas deposits that would make it a potential Gulf state on Europe’s doorstep says the democracy foundation People First. However successive administrations have failed to break the country’s dependency on Russian gas imports. For Ukraine to transform itself into a net exporter of energy, it needs foreign investment, best achieved through democratic structures with a predictable commercial environment with workable contracts protected by the rule of law and an independent judiciary. Oct 19, 2010 at 15:42 | Comments 0 |
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A new election law that protects the ruling elite is undemocratic and raises fresh doubts about Ukraine's suitability to join the EU. Aug 23, 2010 at 14:13 | Comments 0 |
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Most Europeans, it is fair to assume, view a constitution as a largely immutable document, a cornerstone of the state changed only on rare occasions for compelling reasons of public interest. But Ukraine has been in constitutional turmoil for five years – and its constitutional foundations are being undermined at an accelerating pace, to a point where Europe should be profoundly worried. Aug 4, 2010 at 18:10 | Comments 0 |
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If President, government, parliament and opposition continue to close their ears to the voice of the people, then Ukraine has a very dark future indeed. Jul 26, 2010 at 13:38 | Comments 2 |