A Trade and Demographic Donor for Russia?

Russia’s accession to the WTO signals a renewed effort to draw Ukraine into a Eurasian union

Carte Blanche for the Empire

Given the intensification of leftist, populist and anti-Western rhetoric from Mr. Putin, within the country, the old-new Russian president is going to rely ever more on voters who share his vision of Russia as a “besieged fortress”.

The End of the Thaw: The West is Preparing For Confrontation With the Kremlin

Every movement and all the initiatives made by the West or NATO in Vladimir Putin's eyes are seen as an efforts to harm Russian interests

Diplomatic Advice

Wolf Dietrich Heim, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria in Ukraine, talks to The Ukrainian Week about cooling relations between the EU and official Kyiv, the prospects of Austrian banks in Ukraine and the future of the eurozone

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

Transnistrian Movement

Russia slashes aid to Tiraspol

Time to Arise

French writer and diplomat Stéphane Hessel wrote a book, Time for Outrage, which has sold millions of copies and inspired youth protests across the world

Agitated or Awakening?

The mass protests of Russian “Decembrists” in the country show that Russian society has been re-booted

The Price of Isolation

The pause in European integration makes Ukraine ever more vulnerable to Russia’s economic pressure

The Ghost of the Past

Mr. Putin is motivated by historical nostalgia which is out of touch with reality

An Unassuming Moderator

With Denmark presiding over the EU, the Union could put the problems of Ukraine and Eastern Europe on the back-burner but will still keep a close eye on political prisoners in Ukraine

The Right to Protection

Genevieve Garrigos, President of Amnesty International France, talks about how to defend human rights

Turbulent Times

2012 bodes troubles for most of the world

Running Away From Communism

Ronaldas Racinkas, who is tasked with providing a legal assessment of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes against Lithuanians, speaks on his country’s successes and its failures in saying goodbye to its Soviet legacy

A Dead Hand on the Red Button

The nuclear arms race goes on, even though nuclear weapons are becoming less important

Transnistria In a Haze

The self-proclaimed republic is preparing for its fifth presidential election. Is there a replacement for Igor Smirnov?

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