Television Coverage Highly Biased In Ukraine Election Campaign
Senior U.S. State Department officials have reiterated their threat that if Ukraine's elections in October are not free and fair, then Ukraine has no chance... MORE
Twenty-six Candidates Compete To Be Ukraine’s Next President, Four Of Them Seriously
Candidate registration for the October 31 Ukrainian presidential election officially closed on August 6. Next, all candidates must collect 500,000 signatures by September 20 (Ukrayinska... MORE
Is Ukraine Selling Arms Under Moscow’s Directive?
A Ukrainian ship en route to Egypt was stopped and searched in Istanbul in June. Turkish officials found that the ship contained numerous items not... MORE
New Gas Trader To Boost Turkmenistan-Ukraine Transit
On July 29, fully owned subsidiaries of Gazprom and of Austria's Raiffeisen Bank signed agreements establishing a joint gas-trading company, RosUkrEnergoprom. With Gazprom and Raiffeisen... MORE
Ukraine Rephrases Nato Goal
On July 26, the office of President Leonid Kuchma made public a presidential decree that amends Ukraine's military doctrine, deleting the goal of NATO membership.... MORE
Ukraine’s Multi-vector Energy Policy
On July 5 the Ukrainian government reversed a February 4, 2004, decision on which countries would supply oil to the Odessa-Brody pipeline. In February the... MORE
Is A Free Election Possible In Ukraine?
The answer to this question, based on recent and ongoing developments in Ukraine, is "no." Opinion polls taken in Ukraine have consistently shown that two-thirds... MORE
Nato Summit Takes Stock Of Ukraine’s Performance
Meeting on June 29 at the level of heads of state and government, the NATO-Ukraine Commission reviewed implementation of the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan adopted at... MORE
Ukraine Turns Down Early Membership Prospecyt In Nato
President Leonid Kuchma was finally able to meet President George W. Bush at the June NATO summit in Istanbul. Over the last three years the... MORE
Oligarch’s Privatize Ukraine Before Elections
On June 14, Ukraine's two largest oligarchic clans undertook what are likely to be one of the first of many insider privatizations before this year's... MORE