Yurii Lukanov

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili followed former President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko in being accused of xenophobia. Criticizing customs officers he stated that their searching of luggage of tourists and citizens of Georgia was inadmissible, and influences the authority of the country...

Kyiv–Moscow–Kyiv – The Arbat remains quiet. It is like an independent enclave. These days, it has stopped being Moscow’s trademark, because Moscow was shattered by explosions at the hands of death bombers – and here, people are strolling around as serene as ever. They are carefree and amiable. A...

About 200 people gathered on the Maidan to pay homage to Gongadze. They all demanded unbiased and fair investigation in his case. They wore black armbands with the inscriptions “I demand justice!” and “Aren’t you ashamed, Ukraine?” They put up posters with Gongadze sketched in profile and placed...

Dissolution (or is it dissoluteness?) has arrived in Ukraine once more. Viktor Yushchenko has now taken the lead in this latest political race by dissolving parliament for the second time during his tenure as Ukraine’s president. One can only imagine the intensity of the MPs’ dislike for the...

Shoot me, but I don’t understand why Makhno was born in Huliaipole in Zaporizhia region. But don’t take my invitation to shoot me seriously. I’m warning you only because the issue here is Makhno the cut-throat. This year I paid my second visit to the festival in Hu­liai­po­le, known as “...