The Ukrainian Week

On 15 December 2011, the PACE Monitoring Committee unanimously approved the Draft Resolution titled The Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Week has interviewed Ukrainian and European experts, lawyers and political analysts to learn their opinion on the developments PACE finds disturbing in Ukraine

27 January, 2012 ▪ The Ukrainian Week

Going Round In Circles

The Council of Europe reports look discouragingly similar

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

The Presumption of Guilt

Thomas Hammarberg, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, talks about his mission in Ukraine, the local judiciary system and the Tymoshenko case

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alina Pastukhova

Courtroom Drama

Valentyna Telychenko: "Dependent courts are a bigger problem for Ukraine than the imperfect Criminal Code"

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

Ukrainian Justice - Perception and Practice

Mikael Lyngbo: Ukraine has decent legislation,but gaps in procedural process

27 January, 2012 ▪ Oleksandr Mykhelson

Potemkin and Kafka: Ukraine’s “New Method” For Fighting Corruption

Corruption is a big problem in Ukraine. The country's ranking on Transparency International's list of corrupt nations in 2010 dropped to number 134 in the world

27 January, 2012 ▪ Hanne Severinsen

The Importance of Values

Andres Herkel: 'The problem of Ukrainian politics consists of the perception that deputies' money is more important than their personal traits.'

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

Freedom House: We Will Continue To Tell the Truth

Freedom House President David Kramer: “It looks like Ukrainian leaders are using the judiciary to prosecute their opponents” *

27 January, 2012 ▪ Zhanna Bezpiatchuk

The Need for an Internal Factor

The country in which tortures and inhuman jail conditions are of a norm could not negotiate on the Association Agreement

27 January, 2012 ▪ Ivan Halaichenko

PACE is Concerned. What’s Next ?

The Draft PACE Resolution outlines the problems with democracy in Ukraine, but does not provide for any sanctions

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

Judicial Takeover

Those in power have removed all barriers from the path to a loyal Supreme Court

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alina Pastukhova

Hurdles for NGOs

Ukraine’s public organizations are hampered by outdated legislation and red tape

27 January, 2012 ▪ Yulia Mykhailiuk

“Those In Power View Us As Antibodies Who Must Be Isolated And Destroyed”

Yuriy Lutsenko told The Ukrainian Week about the manner in which Ukrainian courts interpret justice, why Orange politicians lost power and his future plans

27 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

Justice in Kyiv

The government has failed to convince either Ukrainians or the international community that the Tymoshenko case has nothing to do with politics. The Ukrainian Week asks Europeans their opinion on the trial against former Premier Yulia Tymoshenko and the situation in Ukraine

27 January, 2012 ▪ The Ukrainian Week

People of Action

2011 was defined by Ukrainians able to overcome inertia

25 January, 2012 ▪ The Ukrainian Week

Struggle for Independence

The London-Edingburg confrontation around the Scotland’s independence referendum date exacerbates

23 January, 2012 ▪ Michael Binyon

Christian Vanneste: “When the Door Is Open, the Spirit of Freedom Always Enters”

French MP Christian Vanneste twice submitted a proposal to the French National Assembly to consider a bill on recognizing the Ukrainian Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people. In 2009, the European Parliament recognized this tragic event of 1932-33 as a crime against humanity, but the French legislature did not follow suit.

16 January, 2012 ▪ Alla Lazareva

2011 Decembrists

The Russian opposition brought tens of thousands to Moscow’s streets but is scared of a revolution

13 January, 2012 ▪ Roman Malko

PACE Monitoring Committee Report on Ukraine

PACE has declassified the report on Ukraine up for discussion on 26 January in Strasbourg. The Ukrainian Week posts the excerpts from the document

12 January, 2012 ▪ The Ukrainian Week

Illusion of Elections

The totalitarian regime in Russia is a fait accompli whose essence lies in the total denial of access to resources and a rejection of freedom of association

12 January, 2012 ▪ Yuri Afanasyev

Headless BYuT

The recent scandal over a “coup inside the BYuT” shows that the government’s expectation that Yulia Tymoshenko’s isolation would cause her political force to make mistakes is already becoming a reality

31 December, 2011 ▪ Oleksandr Mykhelson

European Hide-and-Seek

Following the Ukraine-EU summit, the Ukrainian government was alone in seeing “hidden membership prospects” being offered to Kyiv. The EU, instead, will reserve judgment until after the 2012 parliamentary election

30 December, 2011 ▪ Zhanna Bezpiatchuk