Oct. 28, 2016
Whether out of honesty or arrogance, Ihor Kolomoisky has revealed the corrupt ways of Ukraine’s oligarchy, in which a tiny elite thrive at the nation’s expense. “His entire business…is based on a conf
Sep. 30, 2016
Editor’s Note: When it comes to investigating the crimes of the powerful, Ukraine’s law enforcement and justice system have proven to be impotent. No high-profile murders have been solved. And high-le
Aug. 11, 2016
In a normal country with strong rule of law, Viktor Trepak would be a hero.
May. 28, 2016
Ex-President Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions paid about $2 billion in cash to bribe both former and incumbent top officials, Viktor Trepak, an ex-deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine, s
Feb. 11, 2016
Ukraine’s disgraced ex-President Viktor Yanukovych is the world’s top example of corruption, according to human rights watchdog Transparency International.
Sep. 19, 2015
A powerful Ukrainian lawmaker facing a criminal investigation by Swiss
law enforcement is being protected from prosecution by Ukrainian
authorities, lawmakers allege.
May. 14, 2015
Artem Sytnyk’s unenviable task is to stop the nation’s biggest internal national security threat: public-sector corruption.
Mar. 25, 2015
Billionaire oligarch Igor Kolomoisky’s dismissal as governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has renewed debate over whether Ukraine’s government is finally willing and able to break the stranglehold that Uk
Mar. 20, 2015
Billionaire and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Ihor Kolomoisky has sparked a major scandal.
Dec. 3, 2014
In one week at the end of October Vadym Troyan went from being the deputy commander of a right-wing volunteer battalion fighting in Ukraine’s east to chief of police for the Kyiv Oblast.
Sep. 21, 2014
Many Ukrainians who fought the EuroMaidan Revolution that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych in February are also hoping to get rid of members of parliament from Yanukovych’s Party of Region in the Oc
May. 5, 2014
One of the government’s point persons in the fight against corruption is Tetyana Chornovol, 34, the former journalist heavily beaten allegedly on orders of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
Mar. 7, 2014
Since Feb. 28, the European Union, Austria, Switzerland and Lichtenstein have frozen the assets of 33 former senior government officials, including fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.
Feb. 3, 2014
Editor’s Note: Anti-government EuroMaidan demonstrations began in Ukraine on Nov. 21, triggered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision to abandon closer ties with the European Union.
Aug. 7, 2013
In late
April the Kyiv Post newsroom stopped receiving print editions of the influential
British magazine The Economist.
Nov. 22, 2012
It took more than 50 years, but Ukraine has finally changed its criminal law.
Sep. 27, 2012
The last time that Ukraine had a mixed election system – electing half of its 450 members of parliament in geographic districts, the other half through party lists – was 2002. This year’s return to th
Apr. 9, 2012
Ukrainians have become used to heinous crimes in which suspects get off lightly, but the case of Oksana Makar shocked even those who are already deeply cynical about the country’s justice system.
Mar. 24, 2011
Jaan Hein, Estonian Ambassador Estonia advises Ukraine on reforms. We are an example of a successful state. In the 1990s, we went through the reforms that Ukraine needs to undergo, taking Sweden and F
Jun. 25, 2009
Even though Ukraine’s parliament can’t clearly define pornography, lawmakers want to ban it and punish people who possess it – whatever “it” is.