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President Nursultan Nazarbayev called a snap parliamentary election to show to the entire world and his subordinates that the country is moving from authoritarianism to democracy
3 February, 2012
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Sergey Duvanov
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Independent judiciary that stands between the powerful state and the individual citizen is essential to democracy
2 February, 2012
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John F. Tefft
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Russian intellectuals have again fallen out with each other
30 January, 2012
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Katerina Barabash
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Ukraine's place in the world and the quality of life in the country will hinge on whether a critical mass of people intent on making changes forms in 2012
19 January, 2012
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Rostyslav Pavlenko
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Contemporary watches do not tick. They produce no sounds at all
19 January, 2012
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Ihor Pomerantsev
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In the modern liquid era, mass surveillance and colonization of that which is private is alive and well, though it assumes different forms.
17 January, 2012
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Leonіdas Donskіs
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Raised in a peasant family, Hryhoriy Kochur was exceptionally talented and scaled the mountains of the European spirit
12 January, 2012
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Vadym Skurativsky
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They say that a theater begins with a coat stand and a European soccer championship with the draw. In the case of our national squad, pessimists use this metaphor to say the show will be a flop.
12 January, 2012
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Ihor Miroshnychenko
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The political matrix of Central and Eastern Europe opening up the political space for a bipartisan system with no authentic niche left for the liberals, allowed some catch-it-all or pocket parties set up by the new tycoons and those seeking political revenge to pass for liberal forces — and this was the real tragedy
26 December, 2011
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Leonіdas Donskіs
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Perhaps the biggest foreign policy challenge that has faced Ukraine’s leadership since the country regained independence in 1991 has been finding a balance between its relations with Russia and its relations with the West
26 December, 2011
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Steven Pifer
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