Reforming Ukraine

More than ever Ukraine needs statesmen with a long term vision looking beyond the horizon of their current mandate

Anti-Crisis Communication

It is necessary to use culture to cure our heads. Only after that should the economy be remedied with a sound mind

Donetsk and Phantoms of Capitalism

People never really liked them. They would call them “capitalists” and “oligarchs” even if these “capitalists” owned no more than a chain of three stores or a small confectionary

Ukraine’s Historical-Political Time Zone

What happened in EuroMaidan a year ago will force West European and North American sociologists to revise their writings

Russia’s objective is to increase the split between Europe and the US

The Ukrainian Week speaks to the author of the newly published book Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? about the loyalty of people around the Kremlin leader, the role of Ukraine in his staying in power, and about Russian money in Europe.

An Imagined Dialogue on Several Clichés

Western misperceptions on the Russo-Ukrainian war

Freedom For Others

Not everyone raised under western democracy considers freedom a universal value. Especially when it comes to the freedom of those whom they are not accustomed to noticing, hearing, or understanding

“One of the reasons for which I thought it was important to go to Crimea was to draw attention to the situation there”

The Ukrainian Week speaks to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights about his recent visit to Crimea, the life of Crimean Tatars in the annexed peninsula, and Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia

“It is possible to legally prove that Russia is assisting terrorism”

The Ukrainian Week speaks to Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe about the prospects of freeing Ukrainian political prisoners from Russian prisons, the situation with Moscow's influence in the West and political mechanisms for countering Kermlin's aggression

Broken Democracy on the Frontline

Unhappy, poorly dressed people, mostly elderly, trudged to the polls to cast their votes for one of the richest people in the Donetsk region