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What Ukraine Can Learn From Poland
When the Soviet Union crumbled in 1991, both Poland and Ukraine were poor. Since then, the Polish economy has boomed, while Ukrainians are poorer than they were twenty-four years ago.Poland got its reforms right in the 1990s, and now plays a significant role in Ukraine’s reform process. This is evident in the close relations between both...
Kremlin mercenaries violated the cease-fire for 100 times – ATO Press Center
On July 15, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports on its official Facebook page that situation in ATO area is getting tenser and pro-Russian terrorists continue to violate the cease-fire using heavy weapons: “Kremlin mercenaries have opened fire 100 times on July 14, 2015. Terrorists used 152-mm and 122-mm artillery to fire at the Ukrainian...
Here’s How to Make Sense of the Violence in Western Ukraine
Ukraine made headlines again when a nationalist group and police in the western city of Mukachevo exchanged gunfire that killed three on June 11. A group of 21 armed members of Right Sector seized a sports complex owned by Member of Parliament Mikhail Lanyo and reportedly beat and shot one of his employees in the process. …read more Source:...
Greek Crisis ‘Diverts Attention’ from Kyiv
Ukraine’s Economy Minister: Unlike Greece, Ukraine is embracing reforms The Greek financial crisis has diverted global attention away from Ukraine, but it also “sheds a positive light” on the Kyiv government’s achievements, Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said in a July 14 interview.”Greece is...
Disturbing precedent: U.S.-registered and U.S.-hosted domain maidanua.org blocked by Russia
Now, after a wave of letters from Maidan activists, the website maidanua.org is unblocked. But it is very disturbing precedent . To Whom It May Concern: This is a request to American government, non-governmental and business leaders who may find it appalling that a Russian government agency is now capable of shutting down American websites. A...
Savchenko faces up to 25 years in prison – Russia’s Investigative Committee
Now she is accused not of accessory to murder, but of “joint participation in murder of two or more persons by socially dangerous means, motivated by hatred towards a social group with a group of persons in collusion.” This was stated by official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin....
US to train Ukrainian army troops?
The United States is considering plans to train soldiers in the Ukrainian army in the next few months, the US army’s most senior commander in Europe said Monday. …read more Source:...
NSDC: militant shelling near Mariupol subsides. Ukrainian troops suffer no casualties
During the last 24 hours, only one armed provocation from the Russia-backed militants was registered in Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. There were no lethal casualties amongst Ukrainian servicemen over the last day. In the Luhansk sector, the enemy has been active mostly during the night. The militants conducted a series of shelling incidents...
Ukraine Must Put Reform Agenda in Overdrive While There’s Still Time
Kyiv is vibrant with intellectual and political discussions. As after any revolution the debate is about what is wrong and what should be done. Policy people acknowledge that reforms are proceeding but too slowly, while a typical business verdict is that corruption is as bad as before, but it has become more disorganized, since the old Yanukovych...
Here’s Why European Disunity is a Greater Threat to Ukraine Than Russia
As the Greek tragedy unfolds, many Europeans seem to have forgotten that for the first time since the end of World War II, a country is trying to redraw European borders by force. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for rebels in eastern Ukraine is, by far, Europe’s most serious security crisis since the Balkan wars. Once...