Denys Zharkykh

On September 20 Verkhovna Rada passed bills at a remarkable pace, among them the amended law on the State Property Fund of Ukraine. Now it is accountable to Verkhovna Rada and to the cabinet in matters relating to public property. The bill setting the monthly living wage at UAH 342.38 in 2002 was...

The events of September 11 in the United States have drawn comments from Verkhovna Rada caucuses. The information on these tragic events the Ukrainians get from the media has shocked everyone. Even the Ukrainian Communists, never sympathetic toward the United States, found it necessary to express...

The election bill intrigue unfolded in parliament as soon as the document was put to the vote. Almost immediately came the bad news of a bomb allegedly planted on the premises. The People’s Deputies, however, decided to continue working. Even the presence of the bomb squad with specially trained...

The Editors recently played host to Serhiy Kurykin, deputy head of the Green Party, newly appointed Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources. Considering that the previous cabinet had no ecological ministerial posts for the Greens, one should expect the new appointment to have special...

The turnout for Verkhovna Rada’s eighth session was virtually 100%. Moreover, Prime Minister Anatoly Kinakh, de jure still a deputy, brought along his complete cabinet team. Although the president’s chair was empty, one could distinctly feel his presence in the hall. Citing Speaker Ivan...

By Denys ZHARKYKH, The Day

Ukraine celebrated its tenth anniversary on a broad scope. More than 300 units of military equipment traversed Khreshchatyk, in particular, two tank companies, Hiatsynt, Smerch, and Hrad missiles. For the first time Tunhuska air defense weapon plant self-propelled and Buk anti-aircraft gun...

We all know that this week will be dominated by events stemming from the elections bill. The Central Election Committee has taken the first step. “The transparency and fairness of the next parliamentary elections can be secured only by legally regulating all problems encountered during the previous...

The seventh session of Verkhovna Rada ended on Friday the thirteenth of July, and the finale turned out rather calm. Its results are impressive in terms of bills passed: 479 resolutions passing 174 bills; over 560 issues debated; eight draft codes deliberated; and the Criminal and Budget ones...

June 19 Verkhovna Rada did not put on the agenda draft resolutions on removing the parliamentary leadership. All three drafts to remove Speaker Ivan Pliushch, First Deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, and Deputy Speaker Stepan Havrysh were submitted by a group of people’s deputies belonging to the Communist...