Kyiv Post News, OP-ED

Back Story: Reporting fairly on the president Michael Willard writes: When reality is bad, an accurate newspaper is going to show this in its stories.
Feb 9 at 21:53 | Michael Willard
US, EU may want to consider visa bans Editor’s Note: The following is a Feb. 1 statement by former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee-Subcommittee on European Affairs, in Washington, D.C.
Feb 9 at 21:43 | Steven Pifer
Ukraine’s energy business ‘optimized for corruption’ Editor’s Note: The following is testimony given by Edward C. Chow on Feb. 1 to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee-Subcommittee on European Affairs on Feb. 1
Feb 9 at 21:38 | Edward C. Chow
Tymoshenko’s daughter calls on Americans to speak out for democracy Editor’s Note: The following is Feb. 1 testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee-Subcommitte on European Affairs in Washington, D.C., by Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Feb 9 at 21:22 | Eugenia Tymoshenko
Vox Populi with Mark Rachkevych: How has the worsening of relations between Ukraine and the West affected your life in general, personally or professionally? The Kyiv Post asked expats at Arizona’s BBQ before the Super Bowl on Feb. 5: How has the worsening of relations between Ukraine and the West affected your life in general, personally or professionally?
Feb 9 at 21:01 | Mark Rachkevych
Ukrainian-American group: 'We support regime change in Ukraine' Editor’s Note: The following is a letter to two U.S. senators from the International Conference in Support of Ukraine.
Feb 6 at 09:34 | Askold S. Lozynskyj and Borys Potapenko
Damon Wilson: Ukraine's economy suffers from 'widespread, top-down corruption' Editor's Note: The following is testimony by Damon M. Wilson, executive vice president of the Atlantic Council, before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1.

Ukraine at a Crossroads: What’s at Stake for the United States and Europe

Subcommittee on European Affairs
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

February 1, 2012

Testimony by Damon M. Wilson
Executive Vice President Atlantic Council
Feb 2 at 23:13 | Damon Wilson
Steven Pifer: US, EU should consider visa bans in protest of Yanukovych's anti-democratic policies Editor's Note: The following is a statement before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., by former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer on Feb. 1.

Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subcommittee on European Affairs

Developments in Ukraine and Implications for U.S. Policy

Steven Pifer

Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe
The Brookings Institution

February 1, 2012
Feb 2 at 23:00 | Steven Pifer
Eugenia Tymoshenko asks Americans 'to speak out, loudly and clearly' for human rights in Ukraine Editor's Note: The following is testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., by Eugenia Tymoshenko Carr, daughter of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Testimony
Eugenia Tymoshenko Carr
Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the U.S. and Europe?
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Feb 2 at 22:44 | Eugenia Tymoshenko
Who’s afraid of  Tymoshenko? Two Viktors, that’s who Alexander J. Motyl writes: Why would two such different policymakers share the same fear and loathing of Tymoshenko?
Feb 2 at 22:00 | Alexander J. Motyl
Edward Chow: Ukraine's energy system 'optimized for corruption' Editor's Note: The following is testimony given to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Feb. 1 by Edward C. Chow.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subcommittee on European Affairs Hearing
“Ukraine at a Crossroads: What’s at Stake for the U.S. and Europe?”
Feb. 1, 2012

Opening Statement by
Edward C. Chow
Senior Fellow
Energy and National Security Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Feb 2 at 21:56 | Edward C. Chow
Was justice served in Tymoshenko case? Viacheslav Pikhovshek writes: Ukraine’s courts have ruled, and no one is above law of the land.
Feb 2 at 21:53 | Viacheslav Pikhovshek
Yanukovych is guilty of judicial tyranny, cowardly behavior Bishop Paul Peter Jesep: Viktor Fedorovych mocked justice, compromised democracy and damdged Ukraine's standing in the world
Feb 2 at 21:39 | Bishop Paul Peter Jesep
Vox Populi with Brian Bonner: What could Yanukovych do to signal a better investment climate? The Kyiv Post attended the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine’s annual members' appreciation reception on Jan. 31 at the InterContinental Hotel. We asked: What could President Viktor Yanukovych do tomorrow to signal a better investment climate?
Feb 2 at 21:27 | Brian Bonner
EBA: Agriculture, IT and fast-moving consumer goods show investment promise Despite projections of a general economic slowdown, the European Business Association reckons that certain spheres to be of stable interest for investments and those displaying some growth and development. It is the agriculture sector, the information technology industry and the fast-moving consumer goods and retail sphere.

Despite the continuous demand in respective products and services, these three spheres are far from being well regulated and still need some clarity and transparent legislation to function properly.
Feb 2 at 16:13 | Anna Derevyanko