What it takes to be a Ukrainian oligarch Ukrainian oligarchs are not plutocrats of the billionaire George Soros kind, the type who have a strong influence in world politics via various funds and programs. The plutocrat influence over the...
This article was first published at ukraineverstehen.de “Oligarchic rule” is the phrase which people often use to describe Ukraine. At each election, politicians make lofty promises to end it. However, so far these were only words...
Largely, the reason for this is that the largest Ukrainian media outlets are owned, and thus controlled, privately. In 2015, Ukraine passed legislation on mandatory transparency of media ownership. It obliged media to identify their...
– Ukraine is a country that’s wasting its potential… and it has enormous potential! For example, in 1992, Deutsche Bank analyzed and compared the former Soviet republics, assessing which ones had the best chance to grow...
The Ukrainian state has taken two independent actions which have obliged Russia to accelerate its preparations for intervening in Ukraine and fomenting internal conflicts – first, Ukraine has asked Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to...
For the last few years, Ukraine has been all over the news due to its two prominent features: a passionate, idealistic desire to defeat corruption, and the corruption’s resistance. The whole world witnessed how during the Euromaidan...
One of the “most popular” arguments Putin supporters in the West use against the imposition of sanctions against the Russian oligarchs is that this will intensify anti-Western attitudes among Russians and lead ever more of them to...
While these oligarchs are the biggest media owners, they are not the only ones. A disturbing trend is that most newly established media are also linked to politicians. Espreso.tv has been linked to former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk...
In April 2014, Ukraine launched its decentralization reform. So far it is believed to be the most successful reform in the country – local communities finally received the power and finances to deal with local issues themselves. However,...
The Ukrainian Language In Ukraine, as soon as the government begins losing public support, we immediately see radical discussions about the Ukrainian language. Both the government and the oligarchs play their cards right, but these...
Is the conflict domestic or international? In December 2018, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Ukraine-related part of their “Report on Preliminary Examination Activities” has repeated the...
