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Nationalism in Ukraine is traditionally understood as western Ukrainian and ethnic by Western scholars such as Germany’s Andreas Umland who have focused their research on Svoboda and western Ukrainian nationalists. Unfortunately, this analysis does not do justice to a complicated country such as Ukraine, where anti-democratic culture, racial intolerance, anti-Semitism and xenophobia are more prevalent in eastern and southern Ukraine and the Crimea. Jan 30 at 15:15 | Taras Kuzio |
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An Internet petition to free Yulia Tymoshenko from prison is available for signing: http://www.change.org/petitions/free-yulia-tymoshenko#. Jan 30 at 15:43 | Bishop Paul Peter Jesep |
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Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion—to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction—has just been confirmed in Ukraine. Read the story here. Jan 15 at 12:07 | Alexander J. Motyl |
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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 |
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2012 starts with a grim tone in Ukraine: Ukrainian democracy dropping in the ratings, Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal overturned, state budget reduces social spending for dubious purposes and 90 percent of public protest banned. Jan 13 at 15:54 | Viktor Tkachuk |
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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 |
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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 |
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What has to happen in order for Ukraine to start benefiting from the Association Agreement with the EU, and the associated Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), conclusion of negotiations on which were announced at the EU/Ukraine Summit on 19 December? 3 days ago at 18:19 | Leigh Turner |
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It’s January, so that means that the Ukrainians are probably not singing the Gazprom Song right now. Instead, they are engaged in their annual gas price battle with the Russian company. Ukraine wants a lower price, but Gazprom says no. OK, says Ukraine, if you won’t lower the price, we’ll take half the agreed to quantity. No to that too, says Gazprom: you have a take or pay deal that obligates you to take at least 80% of 52 bcm. The parties are due to meet for decisive negotiations on Sunday. But one cannot rule out another gas war. Read more here. Jan 16 at 09:07 |
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Viacheslav Pikhovshek writes: Ukraine’s courts have ruled, and no one is above law of the land. Feb 2 at 21:53 | Viacheslav Pikhovshek |
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Which two Ukrainians most detest Yulia Tymoshenko, most fear her, and most obsess about her? It’s the two Viktors, of course: Yushchenko and Yanukovych. Read the story here. Jan 30 at 12:41 | Alexander J. Motyl |
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Despite negotiations, declarations and tough talk, Ukraine appears trapped in its gas agreements with Russia. "We have told our Russian partners that we cannot buy a lot of gas at the current price and have to switch to alternative energy resources,” Yury Boiko, the Ukrainian energy and coal industry minister, declared on Friday. Read the story here. Jan 24 at 16:21 |
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Occasionally one may find an engaging theme in Svoboda newspaper, published by the Ukrainian National Association in New Jersey, besides its all-important obituary page. Jan 25 at 14:18 | Boris Danik |
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In most airports, screaming bloody murder is a sure way to be thrown out, fined or even arrested. In Boryspil international airport, it’s a motivational tool that I would not, of course, advocate. Jan 19 at 22:33 | Jakub Parusinski |
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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 |