Kolomoiskyi should understand that this conflict is about the survival of the state
Igor Kolomoiskyi, governor of the restive Dnipropetrovsk region of east Ukraine and a rough-and-tumble tycoon, was handed political power and the right to establish an army in the wake of last year’s Maidan revolution. Last week, he triggered what some are calling a serious political crisis by using that force to seize the state oil...
Of oligarchs and corruption: Ukraine faces its own demons
While combat continues in Eastern Ukraine, a perhaps more important battle for the soul of Ukraine is playing out in the political corridors and the corporate boardrooms of Kyiv. Since independence, Ukraine has struggled continuously to break the iron triangle of oligarchic rule, corruption, and financial instability that has left Ukraine mired...
Ukraine: The Kingdom of the Oligarchs
Prospects for Ukraine’s long-term success and cohesion will be determined by its ability to pursue far-reaching reforms to modernize the state and to check the power of the oligarchs. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Battling Russian Propaganda: On the Front Line of Ukraine’s Information War
Untitled Document Hromadske.tv is a social media platform which provides objective information about Ukraine to Ukrainian citizens and a wider global audience. Founded in November 2013, the site gained momentum during the Maidan protests in February 2014 and now broadcasts in Ukrainian, English and Russian. At a time when Russian misinformation...
Is There a Future for Ukraine?
Basing himself on the report he contributed to, a vision of the country’s modernisation, based on the principles of sustainable development, open access, and new values, Hlibovytsky elaborated his ideas to solve the country’s political and social problems. Hlibovytsky believes that, apart from Crimea and Dunbass, Ukraine is culturally...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to hold news briefing in Kyiv tomorrow
KYIV, 25 March 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing tomorrow in Kyiv. Michael Bociurkiw, the SMM spokesperson, will talk about the recent Mission’s activities and the general security situation throughout Ukraine. Journalists are invited to attend the news briefing tomorrow, 26...
Protection of safety and integrity of journalists in the OSCE region, in focus of OSCE Chairmanship conference in Belgrade
BELGRADE, 25 March 2015 – A conference on the protection of safety and integrity of journalists in the OSCE region is being organized by the Serbian OSCE Chairmanship (Serbia’s Ministry of Culture and Information and Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in co-operation with the Office of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, from 26 to 27...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ukrainian authorities discuss human rights violations in Crimea
Language and identity in Ukraine The integration of formerly deported people in Crimea, Ukraine: Needs assessment OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors and the Ukrainian authorities discussed their concerns about human rights violations in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, during Thors’ …read more...
A nation on the brink: Ukraine faces its own demons
While combat continues in Eastern Ukraine, a perhaps more important battle for the soul of Ukraine is playing out in the political corridors and the corporate boardrooms of Kyiv. Since independence, Ukraine has struggled continuously to break the iron triangle of oligarchic rule, corruption, and financial instability that has left Ukraine mired...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Deputy Chief Monitor to visit southeast Ukraine
KYIV, 24 March 2015 – Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug will travel to southeast Ukraine on 25 and 26 March to assess the security situation, encourage parties to de-escalate tensions, and facilitate access of the SMM monitors to the east of Shyrokyne. Over the next two days he will visit...
