Latest Articles about Europe's East

FORMER YUSHCHENKO ALLY CALLS PRESIDENT’S POISONING CLAIMS A MYTH

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has made it clear that he holds Davyd Zhvania, the sponsor of the populist People’s Self-Defense bloc (NS), responsible for his mysterious poisoning at the height of the presidential election race in 2004—Zhvania denies this. Zhvania also insists that Yushchenko’s was... MORE

IS UKRAINE ON THE BRINK OF AN ENERGY CRISIS?

Come January 2009 Ukraine will, in all likelihood, begin paying Russia’s Gazprom in the range of $400 per 1,000 cubic meters for natural gas or $22 billion per year. Presently the country pays $179 per 1,000 cubic meters, or $9.9 billion per year. Will it... MORE

YUSHCHENKO SWITCHES SUPPORT FROM OUR UKRAINE TO UNITED CENTER

On July 12 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s fourth party of power United Center held its inaugural congress in pompous style at the Ukrayina Palace, broadcast live on state television Channel 1. Although presidential secretariat head Viktor Baloga was touted by the Ukrainian media as the... MORE

SUB-ROSA WARFARE IN THE CRIMEA

On the evening of July 24, 2008, Russian State Duma member Konstantin Zatulin was banned from entering Ukraine for one year when he arrived in Simferopol airport in the Crimea with a group of Russian parliamentarians to take part in the commemoration of the 1,020th... MORE

YUSHCHENKO, TYMOSHENKO LOCK HORNS OVER OIL PIPELINE

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to approve using the Odesaa-Brody pipeline for pumping Caspian oil to the Pryvat Group’s refineries. The pipeline, Odessa-Brody, is currently used by Russian oil companies in the reverse direction, Brody-Odessa. President Viktor Yushchenko’s team is accusing Tymoshenko of... MORE

ASSESSING THE TERRORIST EXPLOSION IN MINSK

At 12:30 A.M. on July 4, when thousands of Minsk residents were attending a concert to commemorate the official Independence Day (July 3) near the monument to the "Hero City," a bomb exploded injuring 54 people. President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who designated July 3 as the... MORE

TYMOSHENKO CABINET SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE

The opposition in Ukraine’s parliament has failed to oust the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Only 174 deputies in the 450-seat chamber voted in favor of a no-confidence motion against her on July 11, far short of the 226 needed. Summer vacation started for... MORE

TYMOSHENKO DEFIES YUSHCHENKO ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to allow the U.S. company Vanco to proceed with its oil and gas exploration project in the Ukrainian part of the Black Sea. Visiting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez also warned... MORE

OLIGARCHS WIELD POWER IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS

The leading Ukrainian magazine Korrespondent (June 12) published its annual list of wealthy Ukrainians. The most surprising new information was the estimate of Donetsk oligarch Renat Akhmetov’s wealth. Akhmetov, the head of Systems Capital Management, is worth $31.1 billion, making him the wealthiest person not... MORE