In its anticipation of 6 April, Bankova seriously expects visa liberalization to become its main election trump card. As if visa-free travel, which is, of course, an important and good thing, can
be an excuse for the rest.
Do you remember why Putin's Russia desperately started "tightening the screws"? When did a red carpet for the dictatorship first appear?
You are right, it started with the adoption…
The detention of Roman Nasirov, suspended chief of the State Fiscal Service, can become the Rubicon for the authorities. Why did it happen at all, and will they learn the lesson and grow sensitive
to public sentiments?
Is a "new era of Groysman" possible? It depends on whether the prime minister can groups MPs around so that in April they ensure a year-long immunity for him. Will Bankova let this
happen?
Amid a noisy public discussion on a probability of early elections, President Petro Poroshenko is consistently building up his power. He is quite close to the absolute, all he has to do is to
finally sideline the People's Front and "clip the…
The State Fiscal Service (SFS) is holding an internal investigation into the head of the Transcarpathian customs, Volodymyr Kolesnikov, on suspicion of violations of customs legislation…
Constitutional reform as far as the judiciary is concerned
Effective from 30 September. Among other things, the reform kicks off the formation of the Supreme Court (during six months…
Ukraine is preparing for a change in the foreign political environment of our country.
Ukraine has seen a lot of parties of "simply good people". And nothing solid has grown out of it. UDAR, the People's Front, Self-Reliance, Ukrop, to a lesser extent the Radical Party and Freedom,
and others. All of them stood "for everything…
Ukraine has already taken the path of constitutional changes aimed at ensuring that Donbas has if not a "special", then clearly different status compared with other regions. The only question is
when and in what format it is going to complete…
The pilot's comeback gave people hope. The one they are deprived of by any authorities once they stop being "new". The hope for better life, social justice, welfare and bright future. Overall,
this hope is infantile and irresponsible as the…
"Its" means the one who is equally controllable and giving Bankova [street, where the Ukrainian president's office is located] all existing levers of power (uniformed agencies including…
A banal stereotype born in the first hours after the Tuesday performance – that what happened was President Poroshenko's great victory as he fooled everyone around – was crumbling…