Invitation to Asiope

Russian politician and historian Yurii Afanasiev talks about the Russian System and the pressure it exerts on Ukraine

Do the Russians Want War?

The government is consolidating the Russian nation to build up “the military power of the state”

Belarus Sold

Cheap fuel may cost Belarus its sovereignty. Is Ukraine next?

Yanukovch Won’t Stay Long

Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician and a leader of the Solidarity opposition movement and People’s Freedom Party (PARNAS), talks about Yulia Tymoshenko’s case and the mistakes of Russian democrats

Yuri Shmidt: “Ukraine Has Not Passed the Point of No Return”

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s attorney speaks about the foundations of the Soviet protest movement and the prospects of similar movements today, the hopes of the Russian opposition for Ukraine and possible ways to separate the judiciary from the executive in former Soviet republics.

Dancing With Chechnya

Two decades after Dzhokhar Dudayev proclaimed Chechnya’s independence from Russia, the Chechen Republic turned into a shining example of the Kremlin’s method of handling “collected” lands

Finland Finds What Everyone Else is Looking For

Scandinavian anthropologist and sociologist Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe talks about historical traumas, college independence and existential challenges

The World After 9/11

On September 11, 2011, the world was transformed and Ukraine was among the first to experience the changes

Oleg Kalugin: “Putin Is a Temporary Twist In History”

Kalugin, currently a professor at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, speaks about Vladimir Putin’s use of Stalinist methods and the Russian Orthodox Church as a servant of the FSB

France’s Greens See Tymoshenko Trial as “Political Revenge”

The political party “Europe – Ecology – Greens” is one of France’s few political forces gaining a wider support base

Anarchy in the UK

Riots entrench views rather than change minds

Europe is Facing the Other Way

Poland has the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) since July. Will Ukraine benefit from this?

The Confused Propaganda

Russian myths about a “common victorious war” result from distorted terminology and historical facts

Marriage Of Convenience

Paris does not resist a downpour of Russian money

Electronic Democracy

Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts: “Building a new democratic state in Estonia and implementing e-government went hand in hand”

A Well-Designed Duma

The Kremlin is being forced to be creative to assure a landslide victory

Formal Democracy

Looking at PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, one realises it is naïve to hope that politicians who easily find a common language with authoritarian regimes will unreservedly commit themselves to protecting human rights

“The Regime Will Not Last More Than Two Years”

Siargei Vysotsky, leader of the Belarusian Freedom Party, speaks about Alexander Lukashenko’s dead end, anti-Russian sentiments and clerical servility

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

David Cameron managed to maintain popularity of the British government. While the burden of dissatisfied voters was taken by Liberal Democrats

Hunting For Carbon

Neither geopolitical factors, nor the prospect of earning enormous money for lobbying someone else's interests should play a role in choosing the provider of nuclear resources and technologies. Security is what matters most. Government, not enterprises, should decide how to implement energy-saving-technologies and how to development alternative energy. That is what can be learned from the British experience

The Danish Standard

Denmark’s Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Borg-Hansen: “We are indeed an egalitarian country: few people are rich, and at the same time a mere handful of Danes are underprivileged”

Ukrainian-Brazilian Space Adventure

The Alcantara Launch Center is so exotic a project that the Ukrainian president has a hard time pronouncing its name. The Latin American passions raging around the Ukrainian-Brazilian joint venture

Blind Alley In the East

In 2011, the Eastern Partnership is very likely to be marginalized in the EU’s external policy

Belarusian Bind

Vyacheslav Sivchyk: “Belarusians are treated as people who don’t have any influence in their own country”

Prime Minister For Crisis Management

Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius: “Do not lose yourself in prejudices towards Europe”

Protest Under the Kremlin

Dissident Valeriy Kravchenko got into the anti-communist movement at Arsenal, a showcase soviet plant