What’s ahead for Ukraine’s reform movement?
Can Ukraine win its war on corruption? ask Melinda Haring [Editor of the Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert and a former Penn Kemble fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy] and Maxim… Read more »
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Civil society defending Ukraine’s revolution against Ukraine’s leaders
As Ukraine’s oligarchic status quo re-asserts its power, the country’s international partners need to step up their support for democracy, says Sergii Leshchenko, a Ukrainian journalist and a member of… Read more »
Ukraine’s ‘double existential threat’ – West’s credibility at stake
The West’s credibility and cohesion are at stake in Ukraine, according to a new analysis from Chatham House, the London-based foreign policy think-tank. The international community has invested heavily in… Read more »
Ukraine’s new generation of civic activists emerging?
Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau said Wednesday it had detained a deputy defense minister and another top military official for allegedly embezzling millions in state funding through an illegal oil-purchase scheme. The… Read more »
‘Three Steps Forward – Two Steps Back’: Ukraine needs assistance – and reform
It’s time for the US to come to the aid of Ukraine, says Antony J. Blinken (@ABlinken), a managing director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement,… Read more »
Time for the West to ‘get real’ about Ukraine
Officials in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy say a municipal councilor has been shot dead just hours after the broadcast of a television interview he gave about corruption within… Read more »
Corruption: the last hurdle for Ukraine’s recovery
Ukraine has made remarkable progress, positioning the economy for strong growth. But, as is so often the case in post-Soviet states, old-school clientelism could quickly smother the promise of… Read more »
Ukraine’s reform drive ‘powering ahead’
The Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine finally came fully into force on September 1 and recent events have transformed a bureaucratic text into a symbol of the… Read more »
Is Russia’s anti-corruption movement Putin’s Kryptonite?
Russian President Vladimir Putin today criticized opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, indirectly accusing him of using his anticorruption campaign to gain political prominence, RFE/RL reports: Without naming Navalny in comments… Read more »
Ukraine cracks down on anticorruption crusaders
A recent legislative amendment requiring activists and journalists reporting on government corruption to file public declarations of their personal assets is vague and could be used to deter or punish… Read more »