Where are all of Ukraine’s new alternative political forces?
As Ukraine’s presidential campaign is warming up, the motto “Either Poroshenko or Putin” is heard quite often. Some…
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2019 presidential elections in Ukraine
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Is Tymoshenko a pro-Russian candidate? The facts, the fiction, and the mysteries
Of the current candidates, President Petro Poroshenko has made his position clear. Obviously, we know where the pro-Russian…
Fifty shades of Ukrainian populism: Tymoshenko, Zelenskyi, and the Chiaroscuro principle
The three-month campaign leading up to the spring presidential elections officially started on 31 December 2018. According to…
Showbiz vs Reality: comedian runs for Ukrainian presidency, and he’s in the top three
A few minutes are left before midnight - the New Year is coming. Ukrainian national channels, including commercial…
Ukraine prepares for Russia’s interference in the country’s 2019 elections
“The way how Russia operates is not to get one specific candidate elected. They try to spread their…
Risk zones of Russia’s meddling in Ukraine’s 2019 elections
The presidential and parliamentarian elections are coming up. Considering this, Ukraine should be prepared for Russian meddling, stresses…
“Savior of the nation”: how Poroshenko bets on fear of Russia in bid to get reelected
In the spring of 2019, current president Petro Poroshenko will seek to be reelected to a second term,…
Ukrainians prefer comedian to current president and other insights from pre-election polls
In the last four years many things have changed in Ukraine - it experienced a de-facto war with…
How Russia will meddle in Ukraine’s 2019 elections
This article was originally published on Ukrinform and is being republished with permission. "If it walks like a duck,…
Elections 2019: beware of Ukrainian media manipulating polls and ratings
- Let’s start with the denial published by Iryna Bekeshkina, Director of the Democratic Initiatives Fund: “We didn’t…
The old/new “Red Director”: the who, when & how of Yuriy Boiko’s eventual “comeback”
A month later, the EU and the USA imposed sanctions on Yanukovych and his clan. The list was…
Voting with no real choice: the upcoming elections and Ukrainian reality
What do we really want? Against a backdrop of daily stupidity perpetrated by our “criminal government” and the…