The Lessons of Independence

20 years is a significant stretch of time on the verge of the 20th and 21st centuries, packed with events

The Eve of Independence

Independence by instinct

A Crisis of Incapability

Ukraine failed to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the collapse of the USSR. This can be blamed on the unreadiness of the counter-elite and shortsightedness of the political establishment

1991-1994

Lost opportunities

Late Start

In its first years of independence, Ukrainian politics took the steps necessary for the creation of Ukraine as an independent country but never resolved the fundamental problems of its development

1994-1998

Bagging the country

The Dawn of the Oligarchs

The late 1990s brought a system of governance to Ukraine that sent the country tumbling into poverty

The Triumph of Ruins

The assassination of Vadym Hetman removed all barriers to the chaotic disbursement of the banking and financial sector in Ukraine and opened the way for the tycoon-controlled economy

1998-2004

The failed test

The Wind from the East

The inability of the oligarch regime to withstand systemic pressure from abroad virtually led to the loss of sovereignty. It was only the response of society that saved the country

The Energy (In)Security of Ukraine

Throughout all 20 years of the new history of Ukraine, schemes have been used for energy resource supplies, to the detriment of the country, but which made specific people much richer

2005-2011

The wasted trust

Revolution and Revival

The opposition failed to fulfill the task of society and eliminate the oligarch and lumpen system in the early 2000s. There is still hope for the emergence of a new counter-elite

Tricky Balance

Only a force that relies on the middle class and a right-centrist ideology can pull Ukraine out of the oligarchs' vicious circle

20 Years of Balancing: What’s Next?

The new elite must show the way to eliminating the oligarch-controlled model and discovering Ukraine’s potential

Worry Rises in the West

Quite unexpectedly, the world community censures Kyiv for Tymoshenko’s arrest

The Illusion of the Third Rome

Cyril’s imperial policy is leading the Russian Orthodox Church to isolation

Attention: Dangerous Mercenaries

The incumbent regime resents dissenters just as the Soviets did. But since it cannot use its predecessor’s method, it resorts to clowning around

“All by Herself”

Hanne Severinsen: “I try to promote European values when anyone asks me to”

An Open Media Petition by the Family of Former Acting Defense Minister of Ukraine

Ivashchenko’s family about severe systematic human rights violations in Ukraine

Every Reason for Counterrevolution

Former French Ambassador to Ukraine, Philippe de Suremain: “Ukraine is the cornerstone of the future Europe”

The Tymoshenko Trial: Pechersk Justice Between Leipzig and Moscow

The government has failed to convince either Ukrainians or the world community that the Tymoshenko case is not politically motivated

Ukrainian Pilgrimage to the New York Court

The success of Yulia Tymoshenko’s lawsuit against Dmytro Firtash in the U.S.A. will depend on whether she can prove that he has violated the rights of the Ukrainian people

Symbionts

All kinds of heelers keep the tycoon system alive in Ukraine

The Twilight Of Trade Unions

Why Ukrainian workers are unable to defend their rights

MAZHOR — A Snapshot Of Spoiled Rich Kids

The “elites” have produced a generation of irresponsible brutes inclined to crime