Ukraine’s Revolution – thoughts on New Year’s Eve
As many readers have noticed, I’ve had a pause in my notes. Excuses like sickness and being tied up with year-end obligations are just that – excuses. The reality is that for the first time in a while,...
View ArticleUkrainians Tell Yanukovich: We Will Be In EU, With Or Without You
By EurActiv January 2, 2014 (EurActiv) — “The future of Ukraine lies in our hands, not in yours”, civil society activists told Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich in an unusual New Year video...
View ArticleIn Ukraine Protests Over New Laws, Sticks and Stones Are Met With Tear Gas
By ANDREW E. KRAMER JAN. 19, 2014 MOSCOW — A large rally in Kiev, Ukraine, that was called in part to protest a new set of laws cracking down on public protests turned violent on Sunday when men in...
View ArticleCease-Fire in Kiev as Opposition Leaders Meet With President
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN JAN. 23, 2014 Protesters took cover as water was sprayed from a fire engine on Thursday at the site of clashes with riot police in Kiev. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters KIEV, Ukraine —...
View ArticleRichard Branson: Ukraine protests
At the end of an engrossing panel discussion on the role of business in philanthropy at Davos, a Ukrainian businessman and politician spoke about the need for solidarity with Ukraine. It was...
View ArticleStatement of Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy...
Kiev (25 January) – “I visited Ukraine on behalf of President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and High Representative/ Vice-President Catherine Ashton on Friday and Saturday. To...
View ArticleWashington’s Sensible Ukraine Approach
February 12, 2014 John Herbst Much of the international community has been titillated by the secretly recorded phone conversation between the State Department’s Assistant Secretary of State for...
View ArticlePutin’s Attack On East Ukraine Began Today: What This Means For Europe And...
Paul Roderick Gregory Vladimir Putin had to act before the Ukrainian presidential election of May 25, at which time his narrative of neo-Nazis and nationalist extremists in charge of Ukraine would...
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