Unpredictable Russia and Crimea

As to Crimea, there is no way to count on Russia’s internal forces. So the main source of pressure remains external. That means sanctions

St. Nicholases and happiness

This text by Olena Chekan has not been published earlier. Tyzhden eхpresses its gratitude to Bohdan Rodyuk-Chekan for the material.

"Minsk is an attempt to escape from reality"

Verkhovna Rada Vice-Speaker on re-balancing power in Ukraine, the effect of the Minsk process, and occupied territories

"If people pay taxes, the state will reduce rates where possible"

The Minister of Finance on the new blueprint for tax reform, the campaign against shadow economy, corruption at the customs, State Fiscal Service reform, and the 2017 budget

“We hope that a commission for the missing persons will be created in Ukraine”

Head of the ICRC mission to Ukraine on how to look for the missing and how their families can deal with obstacles in the process

"If we lose the state, there will be nowhere left to fight corruption"

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada about the change of generations in politics, work on past mistakes and the current agenda for political elites and society

Ukraine of Dignity: The moment of truth

25 years—the length of a single generation. I remember myself as a member of the generation that welcomed Independence in 1991, that made a conscious choice in favor of a free Ukraine. 25 years ago, it was important for us that there simply be a Ukraine

“Sometimes lawyers defending a lower level official are actually protecting the interests of the kingpin”

PGO Senior Prosecutor on financial crimes of ex Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka, money-laundering centers, and the base of evidence collected in this case

Grotesque, God and miracles

Rethinking Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Ukraine should expect another radical change"

MP with the Popular Front and Head of the Public Safety Subcommittee of the Parliament Committee on National Security and Defence, about revolution in government offices and the new political class