by Minch | May 18, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Ukraine prides itself with three revolutions – 1991 independence from Russia, 2004 Orange Revolution and the 2014 Euromaidan. These historical junctures are inextricably linked to Ukraine’s democratic consolidation on two accounts – transition to democracy and...
by Chelsea Bartley | Apr 3, 2018 | University of Memphis
In 2000, only four years after Ukraine adopted the Constitution that protected the rights of the press, a scandal broke out. Known as “tapegate”, former President Kuchma was recorded ordering the kidnapping and death of a Ukrainian journalist who was critical of his...
by Joseph Glandorf | Mar 24, 2018 | Ohio State University
On March 3, police in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, forcibly dismantled a camp of anticorruption protesters outside the Ukrainian Parliament, resulting in a violent clash, about 20 injuries, and over 100 detainments. It was the latest in a long string of crises for a...
by DENNIS RECHELLE ALYSE | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
This Sunday, Russia will be holding their presidential elections. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin is projected to win another term in a landslide which would bring his political reign to nearly a quarter of a century placing him only behind former Soviet leader...
by Andrey Prigov | Feb 14, 2018 | Columbia University
As Ukraine waits to recover from the social unrest sparked by 2014’s Maidan Revolution and pro-Russian unrest in the Donbas region, it has become painfully evident that eradicating the corrupt business-as-usual mentality within the nation’s politics will be much more...
