RUNOFF LOOMS IN UKRAINE…
Incumbent Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma will face communist party challenger Petro Symonenko in a runoff vote scheduled for November 14. The two men finished atop... MORE
REFERENDUM FOR UKRAINE?
Two weeks ago, the government of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma launched a nationwide preparation of the presidential election referendum. The election will be held this... MORE
PRE-ELECTION UKRAINE: THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE MARKET
By Volodymyr Zviglyanich The incumbent president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma--who believes that Ukraine's survival as an independent state is inextricably linked to his own re-election... MORE
BELARUS AND UKRAINE…
Russian gas has only one route now to Western Europe: through Ukraine. The Ukrainians have used their controlling position to siphon off an estimated 3... MORE
UKRAINE CONCERNED BY EUROPEAN UNION’S APPROACH TO ENLARGEMENT.
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma expressed serious concern lest the European Union's (EU) limited enlargement result in replacing the former Iron Curtain with a "paper curtain"... MORE
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: DISARRAY ON THE RIGHT.
Ukraine's national-democrats--"nationalist" and pro-market politicians, opposing both the Reds and the government--have missed probably their last chance to unite for the presidential election this fall.... MORE
PRE-ELECTION UKRAINE: KUCHMA’S ADMINISTRATION IN THE EYES OF THE ELECTORATE
By Volodymyr Zviglyanich Between 1994 and 1998, the Sociological Institute of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences--with the support of the Democratic Initiatives foundation and... MORE