Section: The American Center for a European Ukraine (USA)
The Minsk Trap
Kirk Bennett The Ukrainian parliamentary debate on constitutional reform to promote decentralization has occurred under enormous pressure from the West for Kyiv to uphold its end of the Minsk Agreements, negotiated in September 2014 and February 2015 to secure a ceasefire in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The fatal clashes outside the Ukrainian Rada on...
Lustration is More Critical than “De-communization” in Ukraine
Klaudia Schultz Last April, the Ukrainian parliament approved four bills intended to “de-communize” Ukraine. Among other things, the new laws outlaw communist and Soviet symbols. These new laws are the result of the Maidan revolution as well as of Ukrainian history and are clear reflection that Ukrainians want a new future — one without the […]...
