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Zelensky’s party unveils reform overview through 2023

TRUSKAVETS, Ukraine — The ruling Servant of the People faction has unveiled its reform plan for 2021-2023 at the party’s convention in the western …
Thaisa Semenova

Highway Robbery? $3.5 billion road project wins exemption from public oversight

The most expensive road in modern Ukrainian history will be built with no oversight. Construction of the “Ring Road” beltway around Kyiv will be …
Oleksiy Sorokin

IMF’s Goesta Ljungman exits Ukraine, assesses last 4 years

Since 1992, when Ukraine joined the International Monetary Fund, the nation has borrowed roughly $32 billion out of a possible $74 billion in 11 …
Brian Bonner

Andriy Boytsun: Ukraine should have fewer yet better-governed state enterprises

The best estimates are that Ukraine’s central government owns 3,500 businesses, with another 12,000–15,000 owned by regional or municipal governments. …
Brian Bonner

‘Everything is wrong’ at state Ukrzaliznytsia rail monopoly

State railway monopoly Ukrzaliznytsia, or UZ, employs 250,000 people who were recently threatening to strike for better working conditions and higher …
Mark Rachkevych

Effort to fire NABU head may help corrupt vested interests, erode Western support

Since the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) was launched in 2016, attempts to fire its head Artem Sytnyk or eliminate its independence …
Oleg Sukhov

G7 ambassadors advise Ukraine to toughen its response to Constitutional Court crisis

Diplomats from the Group of Seven (G7) on Jan. 25 issued a list of recommendations for Ukraine to resolve the Constitutional Court crisis simmering …
Anna Myroniuk

Court arrests ex-MP who accused Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff of corruption

Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky District Court late on Dec. 31 arrested ex-lawmaker Maksym Mykytas, who had testified against President Volodymyr Zelensky’s …
Oleg Sukhov

Lawyers accuse police of falsifying criminal case to save Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff  

Ex-lawmaker Maksym Mykytas’ lawyers on Dec. 30 accused police of falsifying evidence in a criminal case to make him withdraw his testimony against …
Oleg Sukhov

Prosecutors bury case against Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff by refusing to arrest him 

Prosecutors on Dec. 30 withdrew a motion to arrest President Volodymyr Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff Oleh Tatarov in a bribery case, triggering …
Oleg Sukhov

Biden’s 6 visits to Ukraine as vice president

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Jan. 15, 2017 and was updated on Nov. 13, 2020. U. S. President Barack Obama delegated the …
Brian Bonner

Why do reforms stall in Ukraine? ‘If you want to change something you will be punished’

Top officials of Ukraine’s ex-Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk’s pro-reform government that served six months from August 2019 until March 2020 have …
Anna Myroniuk

Oleksandr Danylyuk supports Zelensky’s drive to dissolve Constitutional Court

Keep this in mind, Oleksandr Danylyuk said in a Kyiv Post interview: The current political crisis, precipitated by recent rulings from the …
Brian Bonner

Financial Times: Zelensky faces pivotal moment in confrontation with Constitutional Court

Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky will this week seek to clear out his country’s constitutional court and reboot his drive to tackle corruption in …
Financial Times

Democracy Dies Here?

Ukraine is probably closer to losing its anti-corruption infrastructure, Western funding, and visa-free travel with Europe than at any time in recent …
Oleg Sukhov

Constitutional Court destroys crucial pillar of Ukraine’s anti-graft infrastructure 

Ukraine is probably closer to losing its anti-corruption infrastructure, Western funding, and visa-free travel with Europe than at any time in recent …
Oleg Sukhov

Venice Commission criticizes parts of Zelensky’s judicial reform bill 

The European Commission for Democracy through Law, also known as the Venice Commission, has criticized some aspects of Ukraine’s judicial reform …
Oleg Sukhov

Agency says Constitutional Court has conflicts of interest in ruling on big cases

Judges of the Constitutional Court, who may issue rulings that nullify penalties for illicit enrichment and incorrect asset disclosures as well as …
Oleg Sukhov
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