General test

High-profile arrests have been expected for a very long time. For over two years now, Ukrainians have been demanding punishment for those in power who were guilty of escalating events on the Maidan and then the war in Donbas. The question “Why aren’t the Regionals being punished?” is hotter than ever, and it’s only recently that the Prosecutor General’s Office has tried to answer it. Now Oleksandr Yefremov, ex-Head of Luhansk Oblast State Administration, then First Deputy Head of the Party of Regions and generally one of the more odious ex-Regionals, is sitting in jail awaiting trial

Nils Muižnieks: «My fear is that people will forget the suffering taking place in Ukraine»

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks on the human rights situation in Donbas and Crimea, and his further plan regarding these territories

Multiplication by division

The prospects of two young liberal parties

Brewing and ripening

The Ukrainian Week looks at the new parties emerging in the country

Putin on the squeeze: The Yanukovych debt

The anatomy of Yanukovych’s “loan” from Putin. Should Ukraine repay it?

Chaos and the law

Who is changing the Constitution of Ukraine today and how? How are these innovations linked to reforms in the country? The Ukrainian Week speaks to constitutional and administrative law expert Ihor Koliushko, chairman of the Center of Policy and Legal Reform

Constitutional confrontation

Many of the problems connected to Ukraine’s Basic Law are the result of trying to rebuild it on the foundations of a soviet constitutional heritage that does not reflect current realities

Bouillabaisse de president

What is Petro Poroshenko's team and who are the centres of influence in it

The fine art of compromise

Although his powers are president of Ukraine are quite limited, over the last two years Petro Poroshenko has learned to use them like a virtuoso, allowing him considerable influence over the legislature and Government

Beneficiaries of peace initiatives

Elections in the occupied parts of Donbas will boost the strength of the Opposition Bloc in Ukrainian politics. Its strategic goal is to return Ukraine into Russia’s orbit

Through the looking glass: The crazy world of Minsk

How Ukrainian politicians see the likelihood of elections in the occupied parts of Donbas

Black books and bought elections

The main conclusion that can be drawn from the appearance of part of the black cash register in the press is that the Yanukovych regime, which considered itself legitimate, really never was

Elections in Donbas: Division by zero

Election in the occupied Donbas is nothing more than a slogan used at the Minsk negotiations. There are no real tools available today to make it happen

Bankova's sparring partners

Is the President Administration ready for a snap election

Ian Brzezinski: “Ukraine has to keep on pressing on its case”

Senior Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on the way American political establishment sees Ukraine today, the stance of the Obama Administration on Russia and expectations of the NATO Summit in Warsaw

In anticipation of a temporary lull

A crisis of relations in the victorious team blows up into a real fratricidal war and ends with some of them fraternizing with the one-time enemy. Just over 10 years ago, the country lived through a similar story

Andriy Parubiy: “New elections are a key mechanism to destabilize the country"

First Vice-Speaker, ex-Secretary of the National Secrutiy and Defense Council, and one of the leaders on the Maidan on events from two years ago and their significance today, Russia’s scenarios to destabilize Ukraine, and what security looks like now

Necessary conditions

What it takes to make changes irreversible in Ukraine

Petro Poroshenko Bloc: fragmentation

The presidential party's approach to forming party lists and selecting candidates for single-member constituencies has divided it into a multitude of groups and even more basically independent MPs

Breaking out of hollow rhetoric

What makes Ukrainians vulnerable to populism

New Military Command Wanted

How Ukrainian military schools should change to train efficient professionals

Making Headway

Having studied the experience of legal system reforms in various countries, I can say that even though I am critical about every process in Ukraine, still I am an optimist

18 Months is Not a Sentence But a Start

Sabotage and lack of resources notwithstanding, the investigation into the murders on the Maidan has been going on for 18 months now. The finish line is still a long way off

Reversing the Deep-Freeze

The dangers of further impoverishment

Mission Possible

Foreign policy objectives and challenges for 2016

A Game of Snap with Joker

Ukraine’s main political players want pre-term elections, but this won’t happen