Kyiv Post News, Editorial


Blue buckets How many lives will have to be lost before the nation demands change?
Apr 22, 2010 at 22:39 | Kyiv Post
Kharkiv sellout The short-term expediency of haggling for a low gas price has damaging long-term consequences for Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Apr 22, 2010 at 22:33 | Kyiv Post
Mafia rule “Let me introduce my son. He has no experience, but it would help our mutual interests in grabbing up assets and funneling cash to our offshore bank accounts. If you take him under your wing as deputy minister, in return, I can take your bodyguards into parliament. They really need the cover of legal immunity considering all the dirty work they perform.”
Apr 15, 2010 at 22:08
True friends The onset of spring and signs of economic recovery make Ukraine’s short-term horizon brighter. But the nation will suffer long-term damage after losing some of its most ardent Western allies this week. Some were victims of a tragic accident; others consciously turned a blind eye to disturbing developments in Ukraine, betraying their own basic democratic principles under the guise of “stability” and realpolitik “pragmatism.”
Apr 15, 2010 at 22:03
Revolutions Given the poverty, government repression, stolen elections and police brutality that permeate Kyrgyzstan, the revolution under way is not surprising. Everyone – whether poor, uneducated or disinterested – deserves to share the basic universal principles of human rights: fairness, democracy, justice.
Apr 8, 2010 at 22:55
Kangaroo ruling How can anyone expect Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to fix the nation's notoriously corrupt judicial system, considering how his oligarch-backed clan turned a collection of the country's highest justices into a kangaroo court?
Apr 8, 2010 at 22:48
Cleaning house The president should eschew time-wasting committees that deflect public criticism and take action now by taking the following steps.
Apr 1, 2010 at 23:21