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Inna Bogoslovska writes: Ukraine is on the right path. May 17 at 21:27 | Inna Bogoslovska |
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Alexander J. Motyl writes: Cheating is the way of life for this gang of purloiners. May 17 at 20:25 | Alexander J. Motyl |
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Arsen Avakov, former Kharkiv Oblast governor, ally of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and likely successful candidate in this year’s parliamentary elections, has been arrested in Italy. The Ukrainian authorities initiated criminal proceedings against him at the beginning of the year over “abuse of power” and he was announced on the Interpol wanted list soon after. May 18 at 16:38 | Halya Coynash |
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Once having put too much hope in Ukraine, the European Union now finds itself in a rather uncomfortable position. For the past five years, it has negotiated an Association Agreement with the country, the implementation of which would bring Ukraine closer to the union. And in March, the EU initialed the agreement. But today Ukraine seems to be further from the shared values espoused in that document than possibly could have been imagined. Relations between Ukraine and the EU have reached their lowest point yet. And Kyiv is likely to take a number of new steps that could bring these relations to complete deadlock. Waiting for the Ukrainian parliamentary elections in the hopes that they will usher in improvement may not be the best approach. It could be time for the EU to come up with a Plan B. Read more here. May 16 at 17:07 | Olga Shumylo-Tapiola |
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The average person in any democracy is likely to be very vague about what exactly their Security Service does. They will be much clearer about what it should not be doing. Most of the activities of Ukraine’s SBU [Security Service] over the last two years would fall into the second category. There was alarm in early February when media magnate Valery Khoroshkovsky was replaced as head of the SBU by Russian-born, KGB-trained Igor Kalinin. May 18 at 16:30 | Halya Coynash |
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Her trademark wrap-around braid gone, her body covered in bruises from alleged mistreatment by prison guards, and her spirit seemingly weakened by untreated, debilitating back pain and several days of hunger strike -- the woman we've seen in the news this week barely resembles Yulia Tymoshenko - -the passionate, thoughtful and elegant leader of the Orange Revolution, Ukraine's 2004 nonviolent uprising against a corrupt election process and system. That revolt, which led to the installment of decidedly pro-Western Tymoshenko as Ukrainian prime minister over the old guard, pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych, represented a "seismic shift Westward in the geopolitics of the region." It kicked off a period of great democratic development and hope, which many fear is coming to a very quick end, what with Yanukovich having barely defeated Tymoshenko in the 2010 presidential election, followed by Tymoshenko's cleverly-timed 2011 imprisonment after her "conviction" over "office abuse" charges. Read more here. May 3 at 08:42 |
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The EU is boycotting Kiev. The leaders of several EU countries have refused to come to the summit on Central Europe in Yalta this month. May 4 at 08:02 | Kyiv Post |
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Alexander J. Motyl writes: Everything could go wrong during the Euro 2012 thanks to Regionnarie greed and incompetence. 2 days ago at 19:49 | Alexander J. Motyl |
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In Oliver Stone’s classic movie Wall Street, the financier Gordon Gecko schooled his protégé in the aphorisms of Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military philosopher. May 14 at 11:19 | Greg Satell |
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What do you think of the possible boycott of Euro 2012 football games in Ukraine by Western governments to protest the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko? May 10 at 21:00 | Denis Rafalsky |
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The images are powerful. May 18 at 12:43 | Leigh Turner |
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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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“What’s that word again that you used for stealing content” my newspaper editor friend asked me? “Curation” I said, “and it’s not stealing content.” Apr 26 at 10:59 | Greg Satell |
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There’s an old story about an economist who walks by a $20 bill on the street. When asked why he didn’t pick it up, he replies, “it can’t really be there, if it was, someone would have already taken it.” May 3 at 13:46 | Greg Satell |
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Ukraine's reputaion - for reasons both deserved and undeserved - has taken a beating internationally on almost all fronts. 2 days ago at 20:04 | Kyiv Post |