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Published in: oDRThe Tymoshenko trial: a farce to end the farceA flexing of European trade muscle means the Yulia Tymoshenko showtrial is likely coming to an end, writes Mykola...
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Published in: oDRStar of David vs Ukrainian Trident: a fake conflict
Hardline pro-Soviet provocateurs are exploiting Ukraine's dark history of violence against Jews to depict the...
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Published in: oDRSevastopol: past memories, future hopesIn the past Soviet citizens would flock to Crimea for their summer holidays. In 1954 Khrushchev handed it over to...
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Published in: oDRThe Tymoshenko Case as the Apotheosis of PostmodernismThe West has got it wrong about on Tymoshenko. More than a simple struggle for power and influence, her trial marks...
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Published in: oDRWhat is Tymoshenko fighting for?The trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has rallied the opposition behind her. Her supporters...
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Published in: oDRI choose the truth: confessions of an ‘improper’ journalist in DonetskIn Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine, ‘proper’ journalism means asking few questions and communicating few answers. Those who...
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Published in: openSecurityChina’s first aircraft carrier begins sea trials as tensions in the South China Sea rise
China’s first aircraft carrier made its maiden voyage from Dalian port. The United States has refused to sell F-16...
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Published in: oDRUkraine's Euro-2012: life as an economic miracleFeted by everyone from politicians to prostitutes, the prospect of co-hosting the Euro 2012 football championships...
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Published in: oDRUkraine, Belarus, Russia — family reunited?Ukraine is busy absorbing the news that opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has been arrested under corruption...
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Published in: oDRAn open letter from Aleksey Matsuka
Last Sunday, unknown arsonists attempted to torch the apartment of oD author and investigative journalist Aleksey...
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Published in: oDRBeyond sticks and carrots: Western policy towards Ukraine
Ukraine’s intellectuals are locked in binary discussion about how to deal with the country’s anti-democratic...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: blackmail and bluffUnder the direction of the new Polish presidency, the EU has dangled a huge integration carrot in front of Ukraine’s...
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Published in: oDRYuri Lutsenko: views from a prison cellOn the eve of the new year, Ukraine’s former Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko was arrested by special forces as he...
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Published in: oDRDispatch from DonetskThe heart of the Ukrainian East, Donetsk owes its existence to the industrialising zeal of the Soviet Union. In...
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Published in: oDRUkraine oil rig deal: fat cats getting fatter?President Yanukovych makes a show of trying to root out corruption, but a recent government deal to buy an oil rig,...
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Published in: oDR"Political technology": why is it alive and flourishing in the former USSR?Since the 1990s, post-Soviet elites have used manipulation, corruption and the government machine to maintain their...
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Published in: oDRUkrainian politics on trialAhead of parliamentary elections in 2012, Ukrainian President Yanukovych has initiated a number of high-profile...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: Europe its brightest hopeIn an interview with journalist Olena Tregub, political scientist Andreas Umland argues that Ukrainian integration...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: pain, but no grainUkraine is known as the breadbasket of Europe, but something very strange is going on in the grain market, writes...
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Published in: oDRChernobyl: the first monthTwenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster, Barys Piatrovich recalls the tension of unknowing that gripped him...
