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Brian Bonner writes: Bad things tend to happen to presidents who get in the way of ex-premier. Apr 26 at 20:51 | Brian Bonner |
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Yulia Tymoshenko is on hunger strike. According to a statement posted on her website, the jailed Ukrainian former prime minister stopped taking food on April 21st at a state hospital in Kharkiv. After refusing to be taken from prison to hospital until she had seen her lawyer, she was brought there by force. That much local prosecutors have admitted. But Ms Tymoshenko alleges that that force included blows to the stomach; prison officials deny any such violence. And so a new chapter opens in the saga of Ms Tymoshenko's imprisonment and ill-health. Now back in prison after refusing treatment for her back problems, she says she will maintain her hunger strike at least until her allegations are properly investigated. Read more here. Apr 25 at 18:50 |
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Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on a hunger strike to protest her conditions in prison. The former Ukrainian prime minister and current opposition politician is refusing treatment in her country. German editorialists look at her case and argue it is time for European countries to take a stance at this summer's European Football Championships, which will be co-hosted by Ukraine. Read the story here. Apr 25 at 17:28 |
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Editor’s note: Timothy Ash is global head of emerging markets research at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. This article is an abridged version of a note circulated to investors after a visit to Ukraine. May 17 at 10:58 | Timothy Ash |
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The Ukrainian government began to strictly regulate the stay of foreigners, especially those hired by local companies, back in 2009. Prior to that date, many foreigners simply ignored the local registration and customs rules with impunity. May 13 at 18:34 | Alex Frishberg |
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In November 2002, President Leonid Kuchma was advised not to attend NATO’s Prague summit, but he ignored the advice and went. NATO changed the language used to allocate seats for countries, using French not English, and thereby ensured Kuchma would not sit next to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush. Kuchma had become an international pariah following the Kuchmagate and Kolchugagate scandals that revealed his alleged involvement in the disappearance and murder of journalist Georgi Gongadze and the sale of military equipment to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. May 11 at 16:46 | Taras Kuzio |
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Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter sent April 27 to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper from the Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine. May 9 at 18:11 |
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The regime takes steps towards civil society but turns its back on sufferers of HIV, rendering populist initiatives worthless and failing to stem the tide of popular discontent. Investment in quality of life, or empty populism? May 8 at 20:02 | Victor Tkachuk |
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The Ukrainian TV personality who tries to out-Borat Borat got what he wanted: face time withWill Smith. In fact, he got more than that. He got face-smacking time. The morning news TV performer -- I won’t call him a reporter -- named Vitalii Sediuk was evidently just up to his usual "hey-look-at-me-messing-with-this-famous-person" hijinks when heaccostedSmith on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III." Read the story here. May 22 at 23:09 |
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Hats off to the Regionnaires for pulling off the impossible! The Euro 2012 soccer games in Ukraine and Poland seemed like a sure bet. Infrastructure would be built, tourists would come, and Ukraine’s economy—and image—would get a boost. True, it was likely that the democratic opposition would take advantage of the games to publicize its plight, but that seemed like a potentially minor disruption of a public relations coup for President Viktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions regime. Read the story here May 21 at 10:06 | Alexander J. Motyl |
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Sporting boycotts are back in fashion. Azerbaijan hosts theEurovision Song Contest on 26 May, with Armenia predictably absent. Russia is beset byCircassian activists claiming that the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics are desecrating their ancestral homeland. But Ukraine is on the receiving end of thebitterest current campaign, in the run-up to the European Championship football finalsbeginning on 8 June. In 2007, when the tournament was awarded to Poland and Ukraine as co-hosts, the‘Orange Revolution’was only three years old. There was still hope that Ukraine would change for the better. Poland had joined the EU in 2004, Ukraine had not; but the tournament was supposed to symbolise common heritage and cooperation across the EU border, and an bright future for an ever-expanding Europe. (Though one reason why Ukraine and Poland got the nod was Italy’s match-fixingCalciopoli scandalthe previous season). Read the story here. May 19 at 12:28 | Andrew Wilson |
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Inna Bogoslovska writes: Ukraine is on the right path. May 17 at 21:27 | Inna Bogoslovska |
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Let us see, what can Ukrainians perform collectively right? Theater and pageantry come to mind. Natalka Poltavka, a late 18th century traditional folksy love drama, playing on the theme “All’s well that ends well”, still captures imagination. May 14 at 09:09 | Boris Danik |
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On June 30, 1941 as the Soviets were fleeing and the Nazis were invading the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists convened an assembly at the Lviv “Prosvita” building and there proclaimed the renewal of Ukrainian statehood. May 9 at 17:12 | Askold S. Lozynskyj |
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Tension between repressive state and liberal Internet rises The people of Ukraine are increasingly active on the Internet adding a new dynamic to the development of the country. May 9 at 15:25 | Victor Tkachuk |
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