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Gangland The lack of prison time for Serhiy Demishkan – the son of a close ally of President Viktor Yanukovych – despite his conviction for crimes that led to a man’s brutal murder is themost recent shocking exampleof Ukraine’sincredibly unjust judicial system.
Feb 9 at 22:10 | Kyiv Post
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
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
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
People First: The latest in the watch on Ukrainian democracy There was a saying supposedly used by Mexican presidents: "for my friends, anything - for my enemies, the law.”

The performance of the Ukrainian legal system throughout 2011 betrays the real attitude of Ukraine's authorities to the people and society.

Football fans who dared to shout slogans or sing songs of a vaguely political nature during matches in Ukraine were the first to receive the hard end of this judgmental bias. One football fan was officially charged with hooliganism delivering the sentence of potentially up to four years imprisonment. A member of parliament has now filed a draft law suggesting penalty measures for anyone voicing political songs or slogans during or around Euro-2012 matches).
Feb 7 at 20:23 | Viktor Tkachuk
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
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
On our own The real power for changing the course of this administration lies within the nation.
Feb 9 at 22:04 | Kyiv Post