EU LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED MISSION ON UKRAINE-MOLDOVA BORDER
The European Union is launching a Border Assistance Mission (BAM) on the long border shared by Ukraine and Moldova, including the Transnistria sector. The European... MORE
UKRAINE’S NEW PRIME MINISTER RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM MOSCOW
Yuriy Yekhanurov paid his first visit abroad as Ukrainian prime minister to Moscow on September 30, barely eight days after his confirmation by parliament and... MORE
RUSSIA STILL GETS IT WRONG ON UKRAINE
Russian leaders were delighted, even gleeful, when Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was fired in early September. Their unabashed gloating confirms that Moscow still does... MORE
UKRAINE’S PRIME MINISTER: QUIET MAN IN, FIERY LADY OUT
In the person of Yuriy Yekhanurov, who Ukraine's parliament approved as new prime minister on September 22, President Viktor Yushchenko has acquired a quiet professional... MORE
MOSCOW UNDECIDED ON POLICY TOWARD CRISIS-STRICKEN UKRAINE
The gloating heard in the Kremlin over Kyiv's political troubles is giving way to concern and apprehension. While fully realizing the utmost importance of the... MORE
DID BEREZOVSKY FINANCE UKRAINE’S ORANGE REVOLUTION?
The legitimacy of Viktor Yushchenko's victory in the Ukrainian presidential election last December has been called into question by reports suggesting that Russian maverick tycoon... MORE
TURMOIL IN UKRAINE GALVANIZES KREMLIN INTO ACTION
The Kremlin sees the ongoing political crisis in Kyiv that culminated in last week's dismissal of the Yulia Tymoshenko government by President Viktor Yushchenko as... MORE
BEHIND UKRAINE’S POLITICAL CRISIS (PART 2)
The Orange Revolution and subsequent election of President Viktor Yushchenko showed that Ukrainian society wanted "change." But as the Economist (September 8) pointed out, the... MORE
BEHIND UKRAINE’S POLITICAL CRISIS (Part 1)
The removal of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's government on September 8 came as a surprise in Ukraine, as it had not been accused of corruption... MORE
GAZPROM’S NEW EUROPEAN ROUTE: CRY UKRAINE?
Russian President Vladimir Putin's brief visit to Berlin last week was not only perfectly timed for the German elections but also loaded accordingly: He delivered... MORE