Tag Ukraine

Showdown in Kiev

What’s going on in Kiev deserves to be on the front pages. Since the Rada passed a set of draconian, Putin-style anti-opposition laws, mass protests have resumed and Yanukovich seems to be considering a bloody crackdown. The Ukrainian opposition needs…

Ukraine, then and now

Nine years ago, I thought it was great that Ukraine still had public politics while Russia had almost none but I had little enthusiasm for any of the particular players in the Ukrainian scene. Apart from the brothers Klichko, I…