Section: The American Center for a European Ukraine (USA)
Twenty Ukrainians exposed in Panama Papers leak
As of now, out of the 20 Ukrainians mentioned in the Panama Papers, three persons – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, and Kyiv Post owner Mohammad Zahoor – have been covered by separate materials. Poroshenko set up an offshore holding company “to move his business to the British Virgin Islands (BVI), […]...
Poroshenko calls New York Times editorial part of ‘hybrid war’ against Ukraine
In response to a New York Times editorial criticizing Ukraine’s “unyielding corruption,” President Petro Poroshenko said that spreading such damaging information was part of the hybrid war against Ukraine. Poroshenko’s response made waves in Ukrainian social media, with many people saying that the comments show that the president has...
Court seizes Oleksandr Yanukovych’s bank accounts
The Pechersk district court of Kiev has seized on March 3 11 bank accounts opened by the companies belonging to Oleksandr Yanukovych. It is stated in definitions of court of March 3, published in the Unified state registry of court decisions. In particular, arrests have been imposed upon accounts of the companies “Mako Holding», “Mako...
The only Ukrainian newspaper will no longer be published in the Crimea
The last Ukrainian-political newspaper “Krymska Svitlytsya” ceased to exist in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea. The newspaper moved from Simferopol to Kyiv. However, the newspaper notes that not all journalists will move to Kyiv sincethe capital and the workers are not familiar with the Crimean realities and, accordingly, cannot...
Critical lawmakers to be expelled from parliament after exposing corruption
The decision on stripping them of mandates follows large-scale corruption accusations by Firsov against Oleksandr Hranovsky, a high-ranking Poroshenko Bloc lawmaker, and his key ally Ihor Kononenko. Some critics even argue that the decision reflects the Poroshenko Bloc’s transformation into something worse than disgraced ex-President Viktor...
The Jaresko manifesto for Ukraine
Ukraine’s US-born finance minister, Natalie Jaresko, released a statement in the evening of March 22 that amounts to both a political manifesto and a direct challenge to President Petro Poroshenko to act decisively and give her the job of PM. IN: The Jaresko manifesto for Ukraine …read more Source: The American Center for a European...
Ukraine: Fear, Repression in Crimea
Authorities have required Crimean residents either to become Russian citizens or, if they refuse, to be deemed foreigners in Crimea. Two years on, it is evident that residents who chose not to accept Russian citizenship face discrimination in getting jobs and social services. Russian authorities have also prosecuted people in Russia who spoke...
Ukraine’s Yanukovich says assets seizure is attempt to hide Kiev’s failings
Ukraine’s parliament provisionally approved on Thursday a law allowing the government to seize what it says are offshore assets of the Kremlin-backed former president without a court order. Insert_paragraph_text_here Reuters: Ukraine’s Yanukovich says assets seizure is attempt to hide Kiev’s failings …read more Source: The...
President Poroshenko meets with Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Martin Schulz
Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and President of France Francois Hollande in the course of the working visit to Brussels. The parties discussed fulfillment of the Minsk agreements and political situation in Ukraine. The leaders of Germany and France confirmed that the EU sanctions against Russia...
Court arrests ex-head of NBU in absentia
The Kyiv Pechersky District Court has approved the arrest of former National Bank of Ukraine Chairman Ihor Sorkin, who is sought by Ukrainian law-enforcement agencies on suspicion of embezzlement. The corresponding court ruling was recorded in the State Court Rulings Register on March 1. The decision was made by the investigating judge at the...
