Ukraine mulls legalizing private military companies
While the existing legislature targets post-war employment for veterans, experts stress that PMCs like Russia’s Wagner, minus the ruthlessness, are needed now.
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Ukraine’s Parliament Chairman calls on US to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American weapons
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Chairman of Ukraine's Parliament, met with US Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal to discuss critical matters of US-Ukraine cooperation amidst ongoing Russian aggression.
Ukrainian security forces say they detain plotters planning to overthrow Ukrainian government
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained several individuals plotting to seize the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) in Kyiv, aiming to remove the current military-political leadership of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s parliament elects Zelenskyy loyalist as speaker: possible outcomes
Razumkov tried to balance in the parliament On 7 October, Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, voted to dismiss…
Zelenskyy’s party expels whistleblower but the monolith has cracked
The expulsion of Geo Leros An urban art project director and former Zelenskyy advisor, turned-MP, Leros became a…
Quarantine parliament: Ukrainians rally against using coronavirus situation to rush treasonous laws
Mass protests and demands The police claim that 5,000 people participated in the March of Patriots conducted on…
Impeachment, MP immunity, plastic bag ban, and Constitutional amendments. Ukraine’s latest major laws
On 23 December, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bill that grants the status of combatants and provides social…
The rebellion: Servant of the People MPs unexpectedly reject president’s law, but for how long?
“Dissolve them all to hell! It’s deceit!” shouted Andriy Bohdan, head of the Presidential Office, at Dmytro Razumkov,…
Prime minister resigns, Parliament is dismissed as Ukraine enters period of turbulence
According to the Constitution, the Ukrainian President is very limited in his power. The Parliament appoints the Government,…
Why Poroshenko did not dismiss Yatseniuk
The possibility of early elections turned out to be more threatening than a shaky peace with the prime…
12 new MP’s without university degrees
Twelve of the members of the newly elected Verkhovna Rada do not hold university degrees. This data is…
Coalition: three or five?
President Petro Poroshenko himself proposed to his colleagues to nominate Arseniy Yatseniuk. “The President’s proposal which was supported…
First Ukrainian
These are the two words that come to mind when evaluating the first results of the early elections…
Ukraine’s central and regional Electoral Committee servers secure, not hacked
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), together with the State Service for Special Communication of Ukraine, ensures the uninterrupted…
Experts: the elections will be democratic. The main threat is war
The biggest challenge for this year’s parliamentary campaign will be the attempts to disrupt or manipulate the results…
Parliamentary elections in Ukraine: the how’s
One out of five Ukrainians will not come to vote, and one out of three of those who…
Provocations near the Verkhovna Rada: pre-electoral PR or FSB?
The Verkhovna Rada session was followed by explosives, fire at the windows of the Parliament and clashes between…
Elections. Will the Party of Regions make a comeback?
With the day of parliamentary elections approaching, the leaders of political powers which have something or other to…
Buying votes in 2014: help for ATO soldiers, refugees and regular meal packs
Victory at the early parliamentary elections in only one district will cost majority candidates between 1 and 3…
Yatseniuk leads new ‘front line’ bloc, may unite with the President’s party
Yevgen Solonyna Kyiv – Prime Minister Yatseniuk, former Front for Change leader, is leading yet another front, a political…