The Mother-Empire Awaits. Why Ukraine could not help but find itself in Russia’s grip

There was a brief euphoria. The President’s incomprehensible and unexpected manoeuvre has baffled and disarmed both the opposition and the public, not to mention his loyal subordinates.

After the EuroMaidans

EuroMaidan is the biggest protest since the Orange Revolution. Ukrainians seem to be overcoming the 2004 syndrome – disillusion and apathy

The Big Bluff

The disruption of association with the EU revealed two crucial things. One - Ukraine has proven incapable of acting as an independent state. Two - European and American policies in Eastern Europe failed because rhetoric was the only thing confronting Putin’s pressure.

The world media buzz on the latest rallies in Ukraine: Europe stands for hope

Top international publications report on Ukrainians who took it to the street this Sunday to protest against their government’s decision to suspend preparations for the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU

The President’s Slow Freefall

The latest developments make the prospects of signing the Association Agreement very vague. What can Europe do with Ukraine after 28/11?

MPs on the Association Agreement and Tymoshenko

The Ukrainian Week polls members of the major political parties on the recent developments in parliament and chances of signing the Association Agreement

Cox-Kwasniewski mission statement (full text)

Special envoys of the European Parliament to Ukraine, former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox and former Polish PResident Alexander Kwasniewski announced on November,13th that their mission has been extended until the beginning of Vilnius Summit. Below is the full text of their statement.

Klitschko Knocked Out?

The scandalous tax amendment and efforts to aggravate mutual distrust in the opposition

Dangerous Games

Postponed Association Agreement signing may become an effective tool to put pressure on Yanukovych, but will make Ukraine more vulnerable to Russia

Patriot Games

Successfully tested by Leonid Kuchma over a decade ago, the below scenarios can help Yanukovych win the presidential race in 2015

Ukraine or Tymoshenko?

The ex-premier’s intention to run in the presidential election may discourage Yanukovych from releasing her in exchange for the Association Agreement

Usurpation in the Name of Europe

Under the cover of European integration, the government has pushed lobbied initiatives through parliament

After Them the Deluge

While the economic crisis in Ukraine escalates, the government focuses exclusively on replenishing the current budget deficit

Back to Europe Project

In his exclusive interview for The Ukrainian Week, Lithuania’s Prime-Minister Algirdas Butkevičius talks about the importance of the Association Agreement for Ukraine at the Vilnius Summit and the impact of European integration on his country

Bandera Non Grata

The pro-Russian left in Ukraine may stand behind FARE’s campaign against Ukrainian “fascists” and “racists”

Who Will Win The Game?

As the November Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius draws closer, doubts fade that Kyiv and Brussels will sign the Association Agreement. How they see its implementation, is the question

The Klondike for the Opposition

Protest sentiments are escalating in the Donbas. But distrust for politics and inert opposition make the dissent purely pragmatic and local

European Choice for Yanukovych

as a weighty bonus in the upcoming presidential elections

Resetting to a Cold Peace

Instead of dealing with Russia’s mounting economic, social, ethnic, and regional problems, the Putin administration is mobilizing anti-minority, anti-foreigner, and anti-American sentiments to stay afloat

Operation Smear Campaign

With the presidential election drawing closer in Ukraine, a campaign is unfolding to discredit the mass media

Unjustly Humiliated

A strict, often brutal visa regime for Ukrainians will hardly stop criminals or potential illegal migrants from getting to the EU. Instead, it may undermine effective business, academic and cultural contacts

The Schengen’s Kafkaesque Castles

The excesses of the EU visa bureaucracy discourage the most pro-European part of Ukrainian society from gaining experience that is different from post-Soviet realities

Party Versus Regions

Since coming to power, the Party of Regions and Viktor Yanukovych, have consistently ignored the rights and interests of local governments that they said they would defend

The Kremlin’s Bluff

Ukraine’s economic dependence on the Customs Union is exaggerated in an effort to disrupt the Association Agreement

Tug ‘O’ War

Three years after its creation, the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has proven to be artificial and quasi-effective

In Exile

Despite Viktor Yanukovych’s fear of Yulia Tymoshenko, whom he evidently considers his main political rival, he may agree to let her receive medical treatment in Germany. On one hand, this would sharply increase the regime’s chances of signing an Association Agreement with the EU, while on the other, it would create new obstacles for the opposition