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The Bees and the Bonnet
The turmoil of these past weeks testifies to the dire need for real parliamentarianism in Ukraine. Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych do deserve a good deal of criticism, but V...
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Ukraine Vis-A-Vis NATO, Russia and the EU
“Democracy is not only about elections” “You should stop this nonsense in your home policy. Ukraine’s image in the West is catastrophic,” – said Professor Philippe Moreaux Defarge of French Institute for International Relations (IFRI)...
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Babylon XXI
As I recall, President Boris Yeltsyn once called in his peculiar manner upon the Russian officials to ask themselves a question every morning: “What have I done for Ukraine lately?” Today, it is time for our Ukrainian politicians and officials to ask themselves the same question...
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Internal Political Turmoil could be Detrimental to National Security
A lot of Ukrainians ask me how the upcoming presidential elections in the USA will affect our relations with Ukraine. I am positive: regardless of who wins the elections in November, American benevolence towards Ukraine will remain unwavering – both parties concur that the expansion of freedom and support for Ukraine are our foreign policy priorities...
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There Was A Wise Man Of…
Yet another preterm parliamentary election is looming on the horizon while politicians are still unable to choose their course. A new coalition (whatever its configuration) ought to crown their efforts...
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A Clever Tongue will take you To Moscow?
The decisions of the Crimean parliament and its call to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, its refusal to execute the orders...
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New Russian Stalin
In recent decades, especially since the Orange Revolution, Russian media, politicians, political scientists, and, in fact, the Kremlin ideological machine at large has never stopped criticizing Ukrainian textbooks – for a lack of academic content and international tolerance, for xenophobia and anti-Russian tones...
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Romania and Ukraine both stand to gain from peaceful resolution of a territorial dispute
The final round of hearings took place in the International Court of Justice in The Hague this week in a case brought by Romania against Ukraine to determine the two countries’ maritime boundary in the Black Sea. The 15 judges (including two arbitrators independently proposed by the parties) will now retire to consider their decision that is not expected before 2009...
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Field Reports
This week all those involved in the current stage of the permanent Ukrainian political crisis played a kind of make-believe game. Inside Ukraine the President made believe a coup d...
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The Probable and the Obvious
So what’s next? Each news report leaves millions of Ukrainians with this rhetorical question that still has no sensible answer. The political leaders are aware of the approaching moment of truth but are still marking time...
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Oleh Dubina: “There is no question of consortiums of any kind”
Gazprom’s Chief Executive Officer, Aleksey Miller, Deutsche Bank’s Chairman of the Board, Josef Ackermann, and Naftogaz Ukraine national oil and gas company president, Oleh Dubina came together in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, last Thursday to “discuss tripartite cooperation issues,” Interfax-Ukraine has reported, citing Gazprom’s press statement...
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Making a Fresh Start
The Cabinet of Ministers on September 10 released a document specifying the macroeconomic indicators underlying the national budget plan for fiscal year 2009. The GDP growth rate i...
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Cheney accuses Russia of intimidation, brute force
Vice President Dick Cheney, in the sharpest U.S. criticism of Russia since its brief war with Georgia, on Saturday accused Moscow of reverting to old tactics of intimidation and using "brute force."
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Russia aims to corner energy markets-U.S. official
Russia aims to corner energy markets, a senior U.S. official said on Monday as Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived in Italy during a tour that has taken in eastern European states which are important transit routes.
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EU nations urge Russia to comply with cease-fire
European Union nations put renewed pressure on Russia on Saturday to live up to its word to withdraw its forces from Georgia under a cease-fire plan.
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EU weighs monitor role to break Georgia stand-off
EU weighs monitor role to break Georgia stand-off
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Ukraine crisis a setback for EU, NATO bids
Ukraine crisis a setback for EU, NATO bids
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The launch of the redesigned website kyivpost.com coming soon
The new site incorporates the best elements of online news resources, in addition to the entire content of the soon-to-be expanded newspaper.
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The launch of the redesigned website kyivpost.com coming soon
The new site incorporates the best elements of online news resources, in addition to the entire content of the soon-to-be expanded newspaper.
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