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Taras Kuzio: Counterpoint to the counterfactual – another view of Yushchenko’s legacy

The “what ifs” of history are a dangerous area to argue in support of Viktor Yushchenko’s alleged successes in his presidency. Yushchenko’s popularity …
Taras Kuzio

Adrian Karatnycky: Ukraine without Viktor Yushchenko – a counterfactual history, or ‘What if?’

President Viktor Yushchenko’s poll ratings are far from stellar. Indeed, many of his erstwhile supporters from the Orange Revolution days believe he …
Adrian Karatnycky

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Ukraine is gifted with a second chance

As the first anniversary of the squandered March parliamentary election in Ukraine was drawing near, the chief political concern of the Orange losers …
Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

President still far from victory

While World War II veterans in Ukraine celebrated Victory Day, neither the country’s president nor its prime minister could yet claim a victory in …
John Marone

Political compromise boosts stock market

Ukraine’s small but burgeoning stock market on May 4 responded favorably to news that the country’s feuding president and premier struck a compromise …
Stephen Bandera

Tom Coupe: The high cost of political instability

Ministerial changes have become a routine event in Ukrainian politics. In August 2006, the Viktor Yanukovich cabinet counted 23 ministers (including …
Tom Coupe

Economy holds steady amid crisis

As Ukraine’s constitutional crisis drags into its third week, concerns are growing over how the political standoff will affect the country’s …
Elena Plekhanova

Andreas Umland: Yushchenko’s high-stakes gamble

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s recent decision to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, is so risky a step that it may …
Andreas Umland

Tammy Lynch: Didn’t they just finish a revolution over there in Ukraine?

Revolution captivated the world, Ukraine is once again embroiled in a crisis that involves thousands of protestors in the capital’s center and a …
Tammy Lynch

Gung-ho Yushchenko

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, notorious for being hesitant and several steps behind his opponents, surprised us all this week in what was …
Kyiv Post

President, PM locked in war of nerves

Downtown Kyiv is increasingly looking like a cheap remake of the 2004  Orange Revolution, but this time most of the impetus for the much smaller …
John Marone

Oksana Bashuk Hepburn: Upcoming our Ukraine convention

They have the potential of re-setting Ukraine on a pro-Russia or pro-West course. The key decisionmakers on March 31 will be President Viktor …
Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

It’s a circus

This week’s approval of a foreign minister following months of stalemate may initially appear to be a victory for political unity in Ukraine’s …
Kyiv Post

What’s in an award?

One of the few things that President Viktor Yushchenko hasn’t yet let Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych take away is his supposed spiritual leadership …
Kyiv Post

Divided on defense

Nothing could better demonstrate the division between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych than the two leaders’ reaction …
Kyiv Post

A coalition on condition

It’s been almost two months since Ukrainians elected a parliament. But the authorities can’t seem to convene lawmakers and produce a coalition …
Interns

Tymoshenko, Moroz plead to meet Yushchenko

The seesaw coalition talks geared toward forming Ukraine’s next government took a new twist on May 3, as former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and …
Roman Olearchyk

Less bark and more bite

President Viktor Yushchenko recently ordered the Interior Ministry to begin cracking down on motorists who use sirens on their vehicles without …
Interns
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