Section: Atlantic Council (USA)
Ukraine Counts Its Votes: Here Is What They Mean
Official Tallies Are Tracking With Polls Predicting a Strong, Pro-Europe and Reformist Coalition With 71 percent of Ukraine’s ballots counted today, the official results are broadly tracking the recent days’ polls, suggesting that Ukraine’s next government will be a pro-European coalition built across several political parties,...
Ukrainians Vote for a European Future and for Reform
Parliament Election is a Defeat for Russia’s Putin: How Will He Respond? If Sunday’s exit poll accurately depicts Ukraine’s parliamentary vote, the outcome is a stunning victory for reform and a pro-European orientation—and a big defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin. It immediately raises the question whether Putin will...
Ukraine News Roundup | October 31
In Russian, Historians Join Kremlin’s Campaign to Label Ukraine ‘Nazi’ via Time Kyivans Rally for Reconstruction of Cinema Torched Amid Screening of LGBT Film via Kyiv Post Photo Essay: Chasing Vote Fraud and Dodging Attack in a Ukrainian Village via Quartz Video, Maps: The Brutal ‘Cease-Fire War’ Over Donetsk’s Airport...
Ukraine News Roundup | October 27
Ukraine’s Democracy Problem: Letter from Kyiv’s 217th Electoral District via Foreign AffairsAmid Ukraine’s Election, the Battle of the Billionaires via Daily BeastUkrainians’ Biggest Need: A State That Works via der Spiegel Surgeon. Soldier. Mother. Pol. via PoliticoThe Oddity of Ilya Ponomaryov, Exiled Russian Legislator...
Ukraine News Roundup | October 24
This Election Had Better Work, Because Ukraine Is Angry and Crumbling via SlateElection Includes Risky War Hero Candidates via Kharkiv Human Rights Protection GroupUntrained, Unequipped: Kyiv’s 12th Battalion May Be Ukraine’s Most Corruption-Ravaged Army Unit via Daily BeastKyiv’s and Moscow’s Forces Both Have Committed...
Ukraine News Roundup | October 17
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks via ReutersUkraine’s Failure to Address Corruption is Radicalizing its People via Associated PressHere’s Why Maidan’s Reformers Are Quitting Their Government Posts via Kyiv PostPoroshenko Government Fires Senior Officials for Corruption as Voters Fume via Christian...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 29
Ukrainians Topple Lenin Statue in Kharkiv via Huffington PostIn Eastern Ukraine, a Bellicose Mood Prevails via NPRRussia, Ukraine in a Gas Dispute as Winter Approaches via Washington PostBelarus Lures Ukrainians Picking Dictatorship over War via BloombergUkraine’s Next Parliament Will Be Different, but Maybe Not Stable via Kyiv PostEmpty...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 25
Poroshenko Sees Ukraine’s EU Application by 2020; Lays Out Reform Program via RFE/RLBorderland: Ukraine’s Dilemma via The New Yorker Ukraine in Turmoil: A Somalia Scenario? via The Economist Lithuania’s President: ‘Russia is Terrorizing Its Neighbors and Using Terrorist Methods’ via Washington Post Cementing Front Lines in...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 23
Ukraine’s President Wowed Congress, But His Party Has a Dark Side via The Daily Beast Protesters and Counterprotesters at Moscow’s Big Anti-War March via Slate Ukraine is on the Brink of Total Economic Collapse via Business Insider Russia and the West: Looking Back in Anger and Forward With Dread via The Atlantic No Safeguards...
Ukraine News Roundup | September 15
Ukraine President Poroshenko Faces Backlash Over EU Trade Deal Delay via Wall Street JournalBitter Survivors and Caravans of Coffins from Ukraine’s “Eastern Boiler” via Daily BeastAs The Sanctions’ Noose Tightens, China Grabs Russian Energy Assets At Bargain Prices via Forbes5 Ways for NATO, U.S. to Support Ukraine via Washington...
