Olena Yakhno

And so the presidential race has begun. This one is special because it is really hard to single out the most exotic candidate from among Darth Vader, Natalia Korolevska, Renat Kuzmin, and Zorian Shkyriak. There are 46 presidential contenders, including 38 self-nominated candidates and 8 on party...

The former head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko resigned from the post as the chairman of Our Ukraine’s political council and dropped his membership in the party.“I resign from my position as chairman of Our Ukraine’s Political Council and drop my membership in the party....

It looks like the opposition fell into a trap again. The trap they constructed themselves. MPs started speculating about the privilege of parliament. “This document will be put to the vote on Thursday for the Verkhovna Rada to make its decision. I hope that there will be a meeting of the...

Nina Karpachova left Ukraine. This sensational news was announced on Tuesday by Serhii Sobolev from BYuT during the briefing at the Verkhovna Rada. However, he did not say where the former ombudswoman had found an asylum. “I have the information that she just cannot actively work or...

News agencies report almost every day that a certain European politician is going to boycott all Euro-2012 matches. It became known recently that even the British Queen’s grandson, Prince William, who, among other things, is president of the Football Association, will not attend his...

It seemed that after Yulia Tymoshenko and Yurii Lutsenko were arrested there was nothing left that could surprise or shock. But they managed to do it again and again. Now the appeal of Oleksandr Tymoshenko to the world’s leaders to protect his wife from physical violence does not seem in...

The new trial of the former prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko started in the Kyivsky District Court of Kharkiv on April 19. This time the case concerns economic crimes Tymoshenko had supposedly committed being the head of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU).From the very first day...

They did register their union. Yesterday Oleksandr Turchynov, Fatherland’s deputy head, read to a press conference the Declaration of Unity, signed by Tymoshenko and Yatseniuk. Especially enthusiastic oppositionists hastily called it a historic moment. Come to think of it, May...

If a competition were held for the most socio-politically active diplomatic mission in Ukraine, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany would surely be among the winners. For a start, Ambassador Hans-J rgen Heimsoeth recently started his own blog in Ukrainska Pravda, which can in itself be...

High expectations often lead to disappointment. It looks like the Donbas is now experiencing what western and central Ukraine had experienced in 2005-06. Then, the Orange Revolution-induced short-lived enthusiasm was followed by a sharp drop in the level of trust in government.The residents of two...