KREMLIN RECOGNIZES YANUKOVYCH AS UKRAINE’S NEW PRESIDENT
As the tens of thousands of Ukrainians continue to protest the outcome of Sunday's presidential runoff, Moscow has embraced Ukraine's Prime Minister, Viktor Yanukovych, as... MORE
PUTIN MOBILIZING UKRAINE’S RUSSIAN VOTE FOR YANUKOVYCH
On November 12, nine days before Ukraine's presidential election runoff, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to that country to bolster Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's presidential... MORE
PUTIN RETURNS TO UKRAINE UNDER VEIL OF SECRECY
On November 12-13, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his second visit to Ukraine in as many weeks. Although Kremlin officials maintain that this time Putin... MORE
UKRAINE: MIXED REACTIONS TO BUSH’S RE-ELECTION
The news of George W. Bush's re-election has drawn scant comment from Ukrainian policymakers. This is not surprising, given the fact that the U.S. elections... MORE
ELECTIONS IN U.S. AND UKRAINE PROMPT RUSSIAN ANALYSTS TO CONSIDER CIS PROSPECTS
The stakes that Russian political elites made in the U.S. and Ukrainian presidential races reveal Russia's growing concern over its leading role in the Commonwealth... MORE
YUSHCHENKO WINS FIRST ROUND OF UKRAINE’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Challenger Viktor Yushchenko won the first round of the Ukrainian presidential elections on October 31 (Itar-Tass, November 2). According to official Central Election Commission (CEC)... MORE
KREMLIN VIEWS UKRAINE AS BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST
With the Ukrainian presidential election just two days away, it is becoming increasingly clear how crucial this ballot is. Its outcome, as the dean of... MORE
WHO LOST UKRAINE? WESTERN POLICY HAS BEEN CONFUSED, MISUNDERSTOOD, AND UNCOORDINATED
Throughout 2004 Western delegations to Ukraine and statements by governments and international organizations have repeatedly asked the Ukrainian authorities to conduct free and fair elections.... MORE
FRONT RUNNERS BATTLE IT OUT IN UKRAINE’S LAST PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
Ukrainian media have published the last opinion polls allowed by prior to election day (Ukrayinska pravda, October 15 and 18). Although the results vary among... MORE
PUTIN’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION USED TO INFLUENCE UKRAINE’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov received their Ukrainian counterparts, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych, on October 9 at the Novo-Ogarevo residence... MORE