Pharmacy Lobbying

Who helps addiction to medicine spread in Ukraine

Independence Declared. Recognition to Follow?

Independence is not only “from what” or “from whom” – it is also “for what purpose”. True independence still needs to be won, because it is in people’s heads, not in border checkpoints

Transparency International: Ukrainian Authorities Merely Imitate Fighting Corruption

Transparency International experts say one of the reasons the anti-corruption programme is inefficient is that the objective is to imitate counteraction rather than achieve specific results. Moreover, corruption-infected agencies are involved in managing anti-corruption measures

Trolling by the Patriarch

While all of Russia is still recovering from the emotional shock over the events surrounding Alexei Navalny, its spiritual leaders are again announcing the end of the world as they speak to their “flock”. This time, the Apocalypse has stealthily snuck up from behind in the form of evil homosexuals who have forced the civilized world to legalize same-sex marriage

Under the Common Wealth Banner

British Ambassador in Ukraine Simon Smith: “Progressive association with the EU, its standards and practices will be profoundly beneficial for Ukraine and will help it unlock its potential”

“I am going to come back. You will see me here”

US Ambassador John Tefft talks to The Ukrainian Week before the end of his tenure in Ukraine

More Harm Than Good?

Russia may use the Snowden case in the secret intelligence war against Washington and further attacks on its own genuine whistleblowers

Why Should Ukrainians Care About Navalny?

Yet another opposition activist in prison has a cumulative effect on the whole post-soviet sphere

I Can, Therefore I Must

As Zygmunt Bauman noted, classical politics has always been related to the conversion of private problems into public issues (at the same time, internalizing public issues and turning them into private or even existential problems). Today this political mechanism has clearly been taken apart. Thus, what we in our postmodern politics treat as public issues, most often are the private issues of public figures.

Police with the Regime

According to various estimates conducted by international organizations, Ukraine ranks from second to fourth in the number of police officers in the country per person. Usually, we are ranked next to Russia, Belarus and Brunei… This news brings to mind two questions: 1) Are we really that rich? 2) Are we really so protected?