The Ukrainian Week

17 April, 2020	Society	A thriving ruin Despite many official pronouncements, industry in the liberated Donbas is in its death throes
7 March, 2020	Society	The march of dis-integration The self-proclaimed republics in occupied Donbas are changing their rhetoric about returning to Ukraine and are more actively imposing the attributes of a statelet...
23 February, 2020	Politics	Imitating deoccupation The Zelenskiy team is slowly adapting to the frozen conflict in occupied Donbas
2 February, 2020	Society	The age of marauders The economic crisis in occupied Donbas is getting worse. Marauding seems to be the rule of the day
9 August, 2019	Society	ORDiLO: The new party line What’s behind the flashmob about “Accept Donbas’s choice”?
7 August, 2019	Economics	To help Russia keep the ORDiLO? What the new government’s initiatives to lift the blockade from the occupied Donbas actually mean
12 July, 2019	Society	Rhetoric is changed in ORDiLO Initiatives to return to Ukraine as autonomy have intensified in the occupied Donbas
2 April, 2019	Economics	Where’s brotherly Russia when you need it? Economic decline is destroying occupied Donbas even faster than the armed conflict at this point
29 March, 2019	Society	Betting on zero How the current and former leadership of the self-declared republics in occupied Donbas see the upcoming elections for President of Ukraine
7 February, 2019	Society	One more year down the tubes What’s causing the socio-economic situation in occupied Donbas to get worse?
8 October, 2018	Politics	The danger of wanting to be boss What to expect from “elections” in Donetsk and Luhansk
13 March, 2018	Politics	A process of no progress An update from the occupied parts of the Donbas: monuments to Russian volunteers, shutdown of mobile connection, new arrests of ministers
4 December, 2017	Society	The eastern policy trilemma What kind of model is needed for the de-occupation of ORDiLO?
17 March, 2017	Politics	Black holes How trading with ORDiLO became a handy loophole from paying taxes
15 March, 2017	Economics	Dear Mr. Oligarch Where the claims in favor of continuing coal trade with the occupied parts of Donbas are misleading
23 February, 2017	Economics	The ultimate beneficiary Despite the war and partial occupation of the Donbas, Rinat Akhmetov has preserved his business empire and is increasing output
23 February, 2017	Economics	Feeding the enemy Maintaining socio-economic ties to the occupied territories of Donbas is of dubious value to Ukraine, but makes life a lot easier for the terrorists running them
27 June, 2016	Politics	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