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With chances of new investment dwindling and external debts coming due, Ukraine reforms its energy sector whilst taking criticism over the preparations for Euro 2012.
2 days ago at 19:16 | Victor Tkachuk
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Arsen Avakov, former Kharkiv Oblast governor, ally of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and likely successful candidate in this year’s parliamentary elections, has been arrested in Italy. The Ukrainian authorities initiated criminal proceedings against him at the beginning of the year over “abuse of power” and he was announced on the Interpol wanted list soon after. Yesterday at 16:38 | Halya Coynash |
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The average person in any democracy is likely to be very vague about what exactly their Security Service does. They will be much clearer about what it should not be doing. Most of the activities of Ukraine’s SBU [Security Service] over the last two years would fall into the second category. There was alarm in early February when media magnate Valery Khoroshkovsky was replaced as head of the SBU by Russian-born, KGB-trained Igor Kalinin. Yesterday at 16:30 | Halya Coynash |
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Albert Einstein once said, “if I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would spend 19 days to define it.” Good advice. Yesterday at 13:08 | Greg Satell |
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The images are powerful. Yesterday at 12:43 | Leigh Turner |
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Inna Bogoslovska writes: Ukraine is on the right path. 2 days ago at 21:27 | Inna Bogoslovska |
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Alexander J. Motyl writes: Cheating is the way of life for this gang of purloiners. 2 days ago at 20:25 | Alexander J. Motyl |
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The presidents of Russia and Ukraine have met for the first time since Vladimir Putin’s re-election. This is a strange period in bilateral relations: nothing seems to be happening and there are no public conflicts between the two countries, yet occasional statements coming from both sides clearly point to mutual dissatisfaction and strain in the relationship. 2 days ago at 14:28 |
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Should Ukraine follow the example of Europe or Russia in its relations to homosexuals in Ukraine? For years, all Ukrainian politicians have been highlighting their intentions to bring Ukraine towards Europe and away from its Soviet past. 2 days ago at 11:20 |
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Editor’s note: Timothy Ash is global head of emerging markets research at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. This article is an abridged version of a note circulated to investors after a visit to Ukraine. 2 days ago at 10:58 | Timothy Ash |
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Yulia Tymoshenko's seven-year jail sentence was outrageous when it was handed down last October, and it looks even more so now that the former Ukrainian Prime Minister says she was tortured and beaten while on a hunger strike in prison last month. The good news is that European leaders are starting to react. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called President Viktor Yanukovych a "dictator" last Friday and will reportedly join a growing roster of politicians who are boycotting next month's Euro 2012 soccer tournament, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland. Mr. Yanukovych was forced to postpone a summit of European Presidents in Yalta over the weekend after most of the attendees withdrew in protest. Read the story here. 2 days ago at 09:58 |