The President’s franchise

Who runs Ukraine on behalf of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and why

Pavlo Klimkin: “We are losing respect of the key players”

Тhe Ukrainian Week speaks to former Minister of Foreign Affairs about the reasons for Russia’s pullout from the Geneva Conventions, the recognition of the Holodomor in Germany and the quality of Ukraine’s diplomatic communication with the world

The taming of the Rada

Why did Volodymyr Zelenskiy need to lift immunity for MPs and how does this threaten Ukraine’s democracy?

Before it’s too late

How to prevent surrender

The end of the era of moderation

Brexit is splitting British politics, and it is difficult to gauge the scale of this split

Tertium non datur

The key stages of Ukraine’s independence, important lessons and agenda for the current government

Following a foreign script

In international relations, Ukraine keeps reacting to foreign initiatives rather than coming up with its own

Between the officious and the odious

A look at the current online strategies of the two main rivals in the 2019 presidential campaign

Voting as a mirror image of voters

Who voted for whom, or to what extent voter preferences coincide with the results of their choices

Portrait of the Servant as a young pol

The current powers-that-be obviously reflect their voters, but wherein does the real similarity lie?

A strategy for political hostages

What was overlooked during the return of Ukraine’s kidnapped sailors and political hostages from Russia

Exchange rate

About Ukraine’s prisoners who left jail early and ended up in Moscow

Scenic authoritarianism

Will Ukraine’s new authorities be able to use populism to ruin democracy and usurp power?

Oleksandr Turchynov: “On issues in defense of Ukrainian identity, we can’t back down”

The Ukrainian Week talks with one-time speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, acting president, and secretary of Ukraine’s National Security Council, about shifts in the nature of the war and informational security, and the rise of conservative trends in modern politics

“I hear you”

How Zelenskiy is likened to Yanukovych

The force of evolution

What conclusions the patriotic camp should draw from Ukraine’s presidential and parliamentary elections...

Donbas: The new repertoire

Open supporters of integration with Russia are being persecuted on the occupied Donbas

Anti-media campaign

Why the new government is trying to mess up with journalists and why direct communication with the people is a myth

Russia’s word

How the Russian-Ukrainian exchange of prisoners was in question

Dangerous road through the “best intentions”

The hidden danger of “peace at any cost” made us realise that ending the war and reintegration of the occupied territories are two separate, unrelated issues

Who’s ticking the boxes

A portrait of voters by party in Verkhovna Rada elections over the last 20 years

Behind the party scenes

How the new parliament will be different from the previous one, and why the latest change is not a revolution

A war of sensations

How the 2019 elections were different from all the previous ones in the Donbas

Under the pressure of its weight

The only barrier to a long usurpation of power by the one-party propresident majority will be fragmentation of his faction in parliament amidst the lack of serious competition and temptations of power

Kurt Volker: “Russia is running a military operation in the Donbas”

The Ukrainian Week talked with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations on prospects for the release of Ukrainian prisoners, the specifics of negotiations with the Russia and options for resolving the conflict in the Donbas

Digitize, digitize, let nothing new evade your eyes

How the President’s team replaces answers to uncomfortable questions