Volodymyr Liesnoi

After the Orange Revolution’s fiasco and its leadership’s defeat during the next elections, probably the most topical issue on Ukraine’s political agenda was choosing the principle of vote. Previously the picture was clear. Ukraine was divided into two political camps: the...

I drew a very important conclusion from my school draftsmanship lessons: front and top views do not show the full picture of an object – a side view and, in some cases, rear and bottom views are also needed. You can see that the “drawing-related analysis” is true when you hear some judgments passed...

Tracking down those responsible for one’s private and public woes and then executing them morally or physically is typical of the average person of any ethnicity, because punishing those guilty of asocial behavior is one of the basic principles of maintaining order in any viable society. The more...

What should be the essence of reforms in a country declaring its European choice? Certainly, organizing economic activity in compliance with standards accepted in successful European countries — the countries not facing default and economic collapse. The reforms initiated by Prime...

Let’s imagine that the new ambassador from Sweden came to Norway and during the first conference stated that, in his personal opinion, Norwegians and Swedes are the same nation, and they differ from each other just a little. I imagine the reaction of Norwegians, who got independence from...