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Freedom House: Ukraine suffers steepest decline in democracy of any major nation in last two years Ukraine has regressed to the Leonid Kuchma days, a decade associated more with authoritarianism, lawlessness, crony capitalism and corruption than with democracy.
Jan 20 at 00:25 | Mark Rachkevych
Police question writer for controversial poem Critics say poem calls for violent overthrow.
Jan 26 at 23:21 | Olga Rudenko
Top US spy says Ukraine becoming authoritarian WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence official is warning that democracy is under siege in Ukraine.
Jan 31 at 18:11 | Associated Press
The constant drip, drip, drip of WikiLeaks US cables detail conflicts of energy minister Boyko
Jan 19 at 23:57 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Yanukovych: Ukraine's authorities, opposition unanimous about drawing closer to EU Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that no previous government in Ukraine has done more to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union than the current one, and the only obstacle on the path of the European integration of Ukraine is the situation around the former prime minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
Feb 3 at 19:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
The Strange Case Of Dirar Abu Sisi The Abu Sisi family insists he is no Hamas terrorist.
Feb 3 at 00:59 | Oksana Grytsenko
Former US ambassador urges Washington to prepare 'black lists' of Ukrainian officials Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer has called on the U.S. government to consider lists of Ukrainian officials who would be denied visas to the United States, Deputy Leader of the Batkivschyna Party Hryhoriy Nemyria told Interfax-Ukraine.
Feb 2 at 19:13 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych brings in ally as finance minister Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych sacked his finance minister and appointed an ally to replace him on Wednesday, tightening his grip on the country's purse strings ahead of an October parliamentary election that will test his Regions Party.
Jan 18 at 19:16 | Reuters
Horror stories continue to emerge from deep freeze Hanna Korinna survived the Holodomor, World War II, Stalinist repressions and countless economic upheavals in the last century, but this winter’s severe cold turned out to be too much for the 93-year-old woman.
3 days ago at 01:35 | Svitlana Tuchynska and Mariya Manzhos
Express newspaper says it faces censorship threat The Jan. 26 cover of the nation’s most circulated Ukrainian-language newspaper was blank, save for a page two teaser that read: “We Demand a Fair Trial.”
Jan 26 at 23:11 | Mark Rachkevych
Chelsea Clinton speaks to Kyiv students At the invitation of the Victor Pinchuk Fund, Chelsea Clinton made her first visit to Ukraine to hold a public discussion with nearly 300 students and young leaders of non-governmental organizations on Jan. 24 at Premier Palace hotel.
Jan 26 at 22:15 | Mariya Manzhos
WikiLeaks: Boyko ‘helped create’ RosUkrEnergo, ‘nudging’ Yanukovych towards Russia Yuriy Boyko, Ukraine’s current and past energy minister, has long been at the center of Ukraine’s energy sector -- including troublesome talks with Russia on natural gas.

If the reported words in 2006-07 of then-US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and other experts are to be believed , Boyko helped to created RosUkrEnergo, the controversial Swiss-registered energy trader that has made some individuals close to him spectacularly wealthy.

These are among the findings in the treasure trove of WikiLeaks documents now made public. The disclosures opened up previously classified or confidential U.S. government communications, mainly from embassies abroad.
Jan 13 at 19:42 | Kyiv Post Staff
US citizen free, returns to San Francisco Charges of fraud and forgery have been dropped against a U.S. citizen after her husband reportedly gave evidence in an unrelated case against ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Jan 26 at 22:29 | Yuriy Onyshkiv
Lawmakers support Yanukovych's proposal not to introduce biometric passports The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has dismissed a bill introducing biometric passports in Ukraine.
3 days ago at 11:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
PGO investigates assault on journalist of Reporters Without Borders in Kyiv The Kyiv Prosecutor General's Office in Podilsky District has been charged by Kyiv Prosecutor Anatoliy Melnyk to check reports of interference in the work of a journalist and an injury to a representative of the Reporters Without Borders international non-governmental organization Oksana Romaniuk, the press service of the capital prosecutor general's office has reported.
3 days ago at 11:39 | Interfax-Ukraine