The Ukrainian Week

21 October, 2013		Recipes for Consolidation Ex-Minister of Culture of Latvia, talks about the successes and challenges in integrating the Russian-speaking community in Latvian society
18 October, 2013	World	Recipes for Consolidation Sarmīte Ēlerte, ex-Minister of Culture of Latvia, talks about the successes and challenges in integrating the Russian-speaking community in Latvian society
21 September, 2013	World	Derussification Revanchist ambitions in post-Soviet countries and the intent to retain Muslim peoples within its orbit fuel ethnic and religious tensions in Russia
21 August, 2013	Economics	A Road Map for Economic De-Sovietization A profound reboot of Ukraine’s socio-economic system is the only way to transform it from an uncompetitive Soviet fragment to a modern dynamic economy
18 June, 2013		Rampant Environmental Crimes Point to de-Ukrainization Two seemingly disjointed reports came one after another: swallows’ nests were intentionally destroyed in an amusement centre and one’s of Europe’s oldest chestnut trees was cut down in downtown Kyiv. What causes such offences and why the perpetrators are not likely to be punished?
17 May, 2013	Politics	Break-Up Inevitable De-Russification is crucial to a split with the Soviet past
14 April, 2013	Society	Speak to Me A social movement organized through Facebook encourages businesses to respect Ukrainian-speaking consumers and use Ukrainian when they operate in Ukraine
23 August, 2012		Thou Shalt Not Kill! Over the past twenty years, everyone has begun to get used to thinking that they could all be identical citizens of this country. That peaceful co-existence of different languages was possible. We have waited a long time for the civilized times to come. Now, the difference once again has a chance to grow visible.
30 March, 2012	World	The Latvian Referendum as a Model for Ukraine The status of Russian becomes the most acute problem in countries where Russian-speaking communities are large both in absolute and relative terms.
30 March, 2012	World	Lesson From Latvia Seventy-five per cent of Latvian citizens rejected the initiative to grant Russian the status of a state language at a recent referendum, but this is unlikely to stop the politicisation of the “Russian issue” in this post-imperial territory
14 March, 2012	History	Unknown Eastern Ukraine In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians were killed and russified in Eastern Slobozhanshchyna* and the North Caucasus
13 February, 2012	World	Yuri Afanasyev: Russia Is Ruled by Feudalism The Russian historian speaks about how myths about the Russian Empire and its rulers are perpetuated and invented on a dramatic scale
8 February, 2012	Politics	How Ukrainians Turn Into Russians In the past two decades, the number of people who identify themselves as Ukrainians and their share in Russia’s population has dropped in half.
1 February, 2012	Society	Undeclared War: Government Conducts “Creeping DeUkrainization” The media have recently been overwhelmed with messages signaling constricted use of the Ukrainian language
25 December, 2011	World	Transnistria In a Haze The self-proclaimed republic is preparing for its fifth presidential election. Is there a replacement for Igor Smirnov?
23 December, 2011	World	Invitation to Asiope Russian politician and historian Yurii Afanasiev talks about the Russian System and the pressure it exerts on Ukraine
25 November, 2011	History	Hostages to the System The last mass deportation of Ukrainians was carried out 60 years ago to satisfy Moscow's interests
4 July, 2011	Politics	Attempts to Convert the Neighbours Only resisting nations were able to avoid the negative consequences of russification
4 July, 2011	Politics	From Russification to Poverty Imposing the Russian language is only one aspect of the Russian lifestyle exported to Ukraine
23 May, 2011	Society	Blind Shoot On Victory Day The conflict between pro-Russian and Ukrainian radicals on May 9 was quite foreseeable but no less scandalous
4 April, 2011	Politics	Patriot Games Party of the Regions is now the main funnel for money from the Russian budget—and some local Ukrainian ones—in support of pro-Russian activities
16 March, 2011	Society	Standing up to be Ukrainian Out-and-out Ukrainophobia is being promoted in Ukraine under the guise of fighting xenophobia
14 March, 2011	Society	When Evil Turns To Dood Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, talks about raider attacks on churches belonging to the Kyiv Patriarchate and the delusion of a “Russian world”
3 February, 2011	History	The Demise of Merchants Did Ukrainian merchants in the Hetman state stand in anyone’s way?
1 February, 2011	Society	Will the Cities of Ukraine Become Ukrainian Cities? Whether cities of Ukraine become more Ukrainian has a direct impact on what Ukraine itself will be like