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Ukraine's Orange Blues

Alexander J. Motyl

Ukraine's Future Amidst an Unstable Russia, EU

17 February 2012
The weakening of Russia or the EU (or both) might seem disastrous for Ukraine, but it also has the potential to spur growth.

Yanukovych Brings in Russian Thugs for Back-Up

10 February 2012
Two recent high-level Cabinet appointments in Ukraine suggest that President Yanukovych and his ruling Party of Regions might be cracking up.

Media Censorship and Controlling Freedom in Ukraine

2 February 2012
Society usually develops best when government keeps its hands off of it. Not so in Ukraine, where the ruling party even stoops to criticize sensational poetry.

Who’s Afraid of Yulia Tymoshenko?

27 January 2012
Ukraine's Viktors undoubtedly have one thing in common: a compulsive approach to Yulia Tymoshenko.

Taxing Ukraine

20 January 2012
Wonder why Ukrainian businesses are dying and foreign direct investment is abysmal? Just take a look at the tax laws.

Language Intolerance in Ukraine

6 January 2012
True linguistic freedom means that the Party of Regions must accept Ukrainian just as others have largely accepted Russian.

An Unhappy New Year for Ukraine's Regionnaires

31 December 2011
Either by an honest vote or mass protests, Ukraine's ruling Party of Regions might very well lose power by next fall.

The Yanukovych – Santa Letters

23 December 2011
Running a big country like Ukraine is pretty tough, so President Viktor's gonna take a break and spend Christmas vacation pulling Santa's sleigh.

Putin’s Black Eye and Yanukovych’s Beauty Sleep

16 December 2011
Protests against Putin will help not only Russia but pro-democracy forces in neighboring countries, like Ukraine, whose regimes have modeled themselves on, and been supported by, the Kremlin strongman.

Will Yanukovych Start Cracking Heads?

9 December 2011
Ukraine's regime has none of the resources that keep governments in power - not even, it seems, the threat of violence.

What Should Europe Do about Ukraine?

2 December 2011
The EU has at least three ways to grant an upcoming association agreement with Ukraine without boosting the country's corrupt leadership.

Yanukovych: The Man Who Would Be King

22 November 2011
In his new book, Ukraine's corrupt and reactionary president compares himself adoringly to Martin Luther King. Seriously.

Ukraine's Presidential Portraits and Newtonian Physics

13 January 2012
When a plethora of presidential portraits were thrust upon Ukraine last year, their rejection proved as certain as the pull of gravity itself.

A KGB Assassin Speaks

18 November 2011
In a bucket-list interview, Bohdan Stashynsky, now 80, unloads a few suspicious spy stories - and shows little regret for his own murders.

Finding Ukrainian President Yanukovych’s Book

10 November 2011
Plagiarized, suspiciously overconfident, factually incorrect, and hard to even get a copy of: welcome to the Ukrainian president's strange new book.

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