“Western partners often do not understand what Ukraine wants”

Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs on Ukraine’s cooperation with Western partners and international organizations, the consequences of the Minsk agreement and the upcoming local elections

“I don’t see any significant change in the American policy about Ukraine because of the Iran issue”

Former US Ambassador to Ukraine and currently Director at the Brookings’ Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative about possible changes in America’s policy over Ukraine and Russia after the Iran deal, and about expectations for the Minsk process

“I have no shame or conscience, therefore my conscience doesn’t bother me”

People who have lost their sensitivity temporarily or for a long time are no demons. They simply remove from their sensitivity zone certain people or entire groups

Truth Out of Fashion

It is much easier to take the approach of multiple narratives than to accept that one side is right and the other wrong

Yet Another Russia: On Andrei Piontkovsky

An analyst who tries to win back our threatened sense of self-confidence and sober-mindedness

"Your experience from the hybrid warfare would be important for NATO"

Probably the most important thing in NATO’s post-Cold War history is the reinstatement of collective defense as the main priority for NATO at the Wales Summit

"Polish counterparts expect honest talk from their Ukrainian colleagues"

The firm consensus in Poland that Ukraine’s independence, security, stability and a well-functioning state are absolutely key to Polish interests goes across political parties

Threshold Elections

Major challenges in the upcoming election of regional governments

"The abolition of special pensions system has encountered vehement opposition"

The Minister for Social Policy spoke to The Ukrainian Week about his vision of the pension reform, de-shadowing of taxes and salaries, subsidies and assistance to IDPs and ATO veterans

Yet Another Attempt at Pension Reform

The existing pension system is one of the major pillars of the ineffective and corrupt political and socio-economic model of the “old Ukraine”