UKRAINE’S GEOPOLITICAL PREDICAMENT: WHILE LONGING FOR PLACE IN UNITED EUROPE IT CANNOT IGNORE RUSSIA’S CONCERNS
This week’s events confirmed that Ukraine is being pulled in two directions as it faces a strategic dilemma. On the one hand, Kyiv is pushing... MORE
MOSCOW RAISES GAS PRICE TO UKRAINE
Meeting in Kyiv on October 24, Prime Ministers Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine and Mikhail Fradkov of Russia authorized the signing of agreements whereby 55 billion... MORE
OUR UKRAINE QUITS CABINET — BUT HINTS AT RETURN
The pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc will be in opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s cabinet, Our Ukraine’s formal leader, Roman Bezsmertny, declared in parliament on... MORE
UKRAINE IN SEARCH OF A REGIONAL POLICY
Ukraine’s independence from Russia is the single largest geopolitical gain to the free world and Ukraine’s neighbors, resulting from what Russian President Vladimir Putin bemoans... MORE
PUTIN PRAISES YUSHCHENKO WHILE GAZPROM LOOKS SET FOR DEEPER INROADS IN UKRAINE
Russian President Vladimir Putin has bestowed rare praise on Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for agreeing to the gas deals with Gazprom and RosUkrEnergo. Addressing an... MORE
UKRAINE: BACK TO STRATEGIC SQUARE ONE
Cohabitation of the Party of Regions with a minority Orange faction and a Regions-dominated government would seem to mark a shift in Ukraine’s foreign policy... MORE
UKRAINE’S NEW GOVERNMENT OUTLINES ITS ENERGY POLICY
Ukraine is approaching the heating season and agricultural autumn sowing season amid uncertainty over the price of gas, runaway prices on oil products and motor... MORE
“UNITING UKRAINE”: A HARD SELL FOR THE YUSHCHENKO-YANUKOVYCH COALITION
The formation of a majority-based parliamentary coalition and legitimate government promises relative stability to Ukraine after a year of chaos and misgovernance. Simply ending the... MORE
UKRAINE SENDS MIXED SIGNALS
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s team is trying to dispel the fears widespread in the West that Ukraine may swerve on its foreign political course after... MORE
UKRAINE’S NEW GOVERNMENT: DARK BLUE, PALE ORANGE, SOME PINK, TOUCH OF RED
The mere fact that Ukraine finally has a cabinet of ministers since August 4 is an achievement after a seven-month vacuum. (The outgoing cabinet had... MORE