Natalia Romashova

On January 10 the first President of independent Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk was receiving birthday wishes. This political heavyweight, whose opinion impacts the government, the opposition, and most importantly the Ukrainian people, turned 77. Unlike the two other ex-presidents, Kuchma and Yushchenko...

The news of the invalidation of President Viktor Yushchenko’s decree on awarding Stepan Bandera the title of the “Hero of Ukraine” is unlikely to increase public stability. The social tensions will only grow; the methods used by the present authorities will only contribute to...

Nothing in common, at first sight, considering that the situations in these countries are actually very different, in terms of government position and public moods. However, a closer look, regardless of what the official channels say, shows that there is something in common. But on this further...

Recently the Razumkov Center made public the results of a sociological study conducted on September 30-October 5 in all regions of Ukraine. Participants of the survey, notably assessed how much different institutions influence the development of the state policy in our country. The level of...

The ex-minister of internal affairs, ex-companion of Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, and “field commander” of the Maidan Yurii Lutsenko recently made an unexpected statement. As it turned out, he had previously found comfort hoping that Tymoshenko’s party Batkivshchyna...

This week parliamentarians work behind closed doors, notably in the committees and constituencies. However, before going “underground,” the owners of deputy’s mandates amended over 30 laws. They revised the laws so that they comply with the new-old 1996 Constitution. Some...

The question of the activity of democratic institutions in Ukraine was discussed during the most recent session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. As a result, a resolution was adopted — a document which obliged Ukraine to carry out a number of reforms in order to...

Hennadii Moskal, MP for NU-NS, has made a stellar career, from a humble police inspector to lieutenant general. During the off-year election of 2007, Moskal became an MP as a member of Yurii Lutsenko’s Narodna Samooborona, part of the half-dead bloc NU-NS. Today, in 2010, he condemns his...

One can already foresee that the fall political season in Ukraine will be not less hot than the current summer. A lot of work has accumulated for representatives of the highest levels of the government that will soon return from their Crimean residences to heat-stricken capital. First, the...

Experts name the restoration of the power vertical as one of the positive steps taken after Viktor Yanukovych moved to Bankova St. Despite having just as much power as his predecessor, Yanukovych now has control over the government, the coalition, the military, police, security forces, as well as...