Tighten Your Belts

Export dynamics, inflation and privatisation help the government fill the budget, while at the same time they are increasing pressure on taxpayers

The Looming Tidal Wave

Ukraine will have to clean the Augean Stables of the tycoon-controlled economy regardless of how the global financial crisis develops

Non-Stop Smuggling

Customs is being privatized through laws and court orders

The Amazing Invisible Milking Machine

Ukrainian Week has singled out the dirtiest deals in the state procurement market this year and presents the main “heroes” of this multi-billion milking of the public purse

Camille Magnard: “Kryvorizhstal Is a Reflection of Contemporary Ukraine”

The French journalist Camille Magnard speaks about why the ex-CEO of Kryvorizhstal failed to stand the test of Ukrainian reality Camille Magnard’s report about Kryvorizhstal entitled “Arcelor Mittal tested by Ukrainian steel” and broadcast by Radio France Internationale on 2 March 2010, won the Louise Weiss Prize, an annual award from the Francophone section of the Association of European Journalists

Examining Weapons

Research supervisor, Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies; Chief Editor, Arms Export and Defense Complex of Ukraine magazine

Turning into a Lumpen Nation

The ten-year program to overcome poverty in Ukraine is a fiasco as some regions have actually found themselves on the verge of poverty

The Pipes are Calling

Russia utilises express diplomacy and media campaigns to have its South Stream overcome its construction being behind that of Nabucco

Working Against Nature

The authorities have enough powers in their hands to launch any reform but the nature of relations among those in power results in the dragging out of changes or confusing their essence

Alternatives to Nuclear Energy

Mankind cannot afford to abandon nuclear energy but should change its approach to the way it is used

FATA MORGANA

With Hammer and Sickle

As global demand for grain surpasses the supply, Ukraine’s farm sector is looking at a great opportunity—but only for the chosen few

Mothballed Banks

A borrower’s reputation and prospects are becoming more important than collateral in lending

ECO Eats

Growing demand for organic food in Ukraine is encouraging farmers to quit chemicals

Fear and trembling

The Tax Code cut the number of small business owners in Ukraine and opened the way for the unofficial collection of taxes

Recovering Addicts

Corruption can be eliminated and the way to do so is known, yet the government lacks the will to just do it

Dura lex

The announced reform of the state procurement system creates a legal framework for the uncontrolled use of over UAH 130 billion of budget funds per year

The Three-Martini Launch

Building an NLG terminal in Ukraine could be a move to diversifying gas suppliers—or just a waste of taxpayer money

The luxury of driving

This spring, A95 gasoline is looking to break the UAH 9/l barrier—which could force 74% of Ukraine’s drivers off the roads

The Nitrogen Baron

Ukrainian fuel magnate Dmytro Firtash adds to his nitrogen empire

Betting on buckwhest

Administrative pressure and a higher fiscal load on businesses are driving up inflation

Donetsk clan to monopolize Ukrainian grain–export market

Who are the people behind the country's largest grain scheme?

Agriculture minister’s markets

Over a billion hryvnias in government investments to be poured into wholesale agricultural markets will go to companies close to Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk

Agriculture minister with advantage

The government gives multibillion agricultural contracts to companies associated with the Yenakievo-Donesk group controlled by Minister of Agriculture Mykola Prysiazhniuk

No more treatment for AIDS patients in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Health Ministry recently passed decisions that will facilitate the AIDS epidemic in Ukraine and the death of the existing AIDS patients

Tyrants in the Material World

Having control over raw materials is allowing pro-PR tycoons to gobble up steelworks and chemical plants