About Ian Bateson Ian Bateson was a staff writer at the Kyiv Post in 2014. Articles by Ian Bateson Sept. 6, 2016, 9:34 pm Ian Bateson: Live by the pen, die by the sword May 31, 2016, 5:59 pm Ian Bateson: Ukraine declares war on journalism May 11, 2016, 5:32 pm Ian Bateson: Turning our backs on Ukraine Advertisement March 28, 2016, 5:30 pm Ian Bateson: Ukraine’s forgotten revolutionaries Dec. 19, 2014, 1:33 pm Now that Ukraine wants NATO membership, many obstacles stand in its way Dec. 16, 2014, 5:45 pm Aviation Service puzzles nation by closing three airports, reopening two Dec. 13, 2014, 5:33 pm New deputy from Donetsk thrilled to be in parliament, hopes to create green-collar jobs Dec. 12, 2014, 5:37 pm Interpol fails to add ex-President Yanukovych to international wanted list Dec. 8, 2014, 9:57 pm Kremlin-backed separatists delay new peace talks Dec. 5, 2014, 7:01 pm Video of first brawl in Verkhovna Rada becomes a YouTube hit Dec. 5, 2014, 1:55 am Business community reacts to new Ukrainian cabinet Dec. 3, 2014, 2:40 pm Former Azov Battalion leader works to clean up Kyiv regional police, his image Nov. 27, 2014, 7:55 pm Opposition Bloc defiant in first session of parliament Nov. 21, 2014, 4:19 pm Pro-Western parties sign historic coalition agreement Nov. 21, 2014, 12:10 am Call To Action Nov. 20, 2014, 7:06 pm OSCE under fire on two fronts Nov. 18, 2014, 5:53 pm Human Rights Watch releases damning report on Crimea Nov. 17, 2014, 4:44 pm Poroshenko says Ukraine prepared for ‘total war’ as casualties mount Nov. 12, 2014, 6:29 pm Donbas civil society leaders accuse Ukraine of ‘declaring war’ on own people Nov. 12, 2014, 11:28 am Tough new sanctions against Russia do not appear imminent Nov. 10, 2014, 6:59 pm Young post-revolution party splits before parliament convenes Nov. 8, 2014, 2:00 pm Poroshenko’s party wants to criminalize LGBT discrimination Nov. 4, 2014, 7:26 pm Poroshenko calls on lawmakers to revoke special status for east, sends more troops to key … Nov. 3, 2014, 8:16 pm Russia, West diverge sharply on ‘elections’ in Ukraine’s east Oct. 30, 2014, 3:16 pm Lysenko: Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed in last 24 hours Oct. 29, 2014, 8:16 pm Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties maneuver for lead role in coalition Oct. 29, 2014, 2:21 pm OSCE begins using drones to monitor cease-fire in eastern Ukraine Oct. 27, 2014, 6:27 pm Opposition Bloc outperforms forecasts, expected to be fourth largest party Oct. 24, 2014, 7:51 pm Civic Position hopes to scrape way into parliament Oct. 23, 2014, 5:29 pm Businessman who sold Rolls-Royce and went to war hopes to enter parliament Oct. 22, 2014, 2:39 pm Few Crimean representatives in next parliament Oct. 17, 2014, 8:09 pm Milan talks between Poroshenko and Putin fail to produce results Oct. 16, 2014, 7:03 pm NATO support surges in Ukraine Oct. 13, 2014, 2:10 pm Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna: Two women at top will propel party into parliament Oct. 10, 2014, 4:39 pm Sources: Poroshenko fires Taruta as Donetsk Oblast governor Oct. 8, 2014, 2:12 pm Sister of captured war hero enters politics Oct. 6, 2014, 1:50 pm Ian Bateson: Ukraine’s copycat war with Russia Oct. 1, 2014, 10:51 pm Ten people killed as schools reopen in Donetsk Sept. 30, 2014, 9:57 pm Ex-journalists fail to stop Khoroshkovsky from running for parliament Sept. 26, 2014, 5:33 pm Vitaliy Radchenko, energy dealmaker at a difficult time Sept. 23, 2014, 8:33 pm Donetsk airport remains epicenter of fighting despite cease-fire Sept. 16, 2014, 5:01 pm Ukrainian, European parliaments approve long-awaited political association agreement; free … Sept. 12, 2014, 4:38 pm Can Ukraine win the war in the east? Sept. 9, 2014, 3:56 pm Report on MH17 crash consistent with Ukraine’s theories on Buk missile hit Sept. 1, 2014, 11:42 pm Minsk talks at impasse as separatists demand concessions while Russian army strikes Aug. 29, 2014, 12:55 pm Ukraine soldiers get finest in Kyiv cuisine Aug. 27, 2014, 9:16 pm Volunteer battalion leader says soldiers see ‘betrayal’ in military strategy Aug. 26, 2014, 3:28 pm Russian military source says captured soldiers entered Ukraine by mistake Aug. 22, 2014, 7:20 pm EU and NATO leaders condemn Russia’s aid convoy entering Ukraine Aug. 22, 2014, 2:05 pm Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: ‘Terrorists are shelling the convoy’s possible route with … Aug. 15, 2014, 1:46 pm Government reports progress in aid negotiations as more Russian military vehicles enter … Aug. 14, 2014, 7:38 pm Rada approves major bills in marathon session Aug. 13, 2014, 9:24 pm Controversial Russian humanitarian aid convoy stops on its way to Ukraine Aug. 12, 2014, 5:02 pm Ukraine will not allow Russia to escort aid across border Dec. 5, 2013, 10:59 pm Revolution comes into fashion June 4, 2013, 8:07 pm Russia!: Russian and Ukrainian gays seek asylum in US May 9, 2013, 1:06 am Victory Day in Brooklyn Dec. 18, 2012, 12:45 pm Ian Bateson: Ukraine’s fighting democracy Oct. 5, 2012, 6:56 pm On Femen, Pussy Riot and crosses Aug. 14, 2012, 1:11 pm Ukraine’s election web cameras: hollow eyes Aug. 6, 2012, 2:02 pm Celebrity politics in Ukraine July 2, 2012, 10:03 am Racism and Euro 2012