Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections considered by Kyiv and the West “illegal” and a “mockery”

This latest incident comes about a month after Donetsk separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko was assassinated by a bomb blast at this cafe in Donetsk

The appointment of a new ombudswoman revealed that the law on this representative figure needs to be changed to protect the post from political influence

Despite its currently low ratings, Arseniy Yatseniuk’s Narodniy Front has managed to remain in the major league of Ukrainian politics

Who is vying for leadership in the Poroshenko Bloc and Yatseniuk's People’s Front

The new regular session of the Verkhovna Rada started on September 6. It looks like actors on Ukraine’s political scene, probably with the exception of Petro Poroshenko's Bloc and Arseniy Yatseniuk’s People's Front, have great expectations and ambitious plans for this fall seasons. Major oligarchs are likely to step up their game. The situation in the presidential team is not at its best either

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

MP with the Popular Front and Head of the Public Safety Subcommittee of the Parliament Committee on National Security and Defence, about revolution in government offices and the new political class

Power of the People leader on how to win an election without serious cash

Yelyzaveta Skoropadska in art, politics and charity in some of the most tragic years of Ukrainian history

The election in Donbas followed the traditional scenario for this region. Unfortunately, its residents learned nothing from the bloody lessons of 2014

Ruslan Petrenko (not his real name) from a small town near Donetsk was a pro-Ukrainian activist. This got him in trouble: he was taken hostage by the “DNR” terrorists and spent more than a month in captivity

On June 2, the local “self-defence” kidnapped editor and journalist Serhiy Mokrushyn and director Vladlen Melnykov, both from the Center of Journalist Investigation, in Simferopol, Crimea

Historians, diplomats, writers and musicians share their brightest memories of 2011 with The Ukrainian Week