Stories about Ukraine from June, 2006
Ukraine: The Government's Lies
Vilhelm Konnander disagrees at length with Carlos Pascual, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who has written a piece for the Washington Post entitled “Chernobyl's Lesson: A State's Lies Threaten its People and its Sovereignty”: “To be quite blunt, Pascual needs to cut the crap. He does not tell a lie,...
Ukraine: Kyiv's Mayor Gives Up His Paycheck
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes writes about Kyiv's new controversial mayor and his populist move to give up “his mayor’s paycheck for it to be used to buy apartments for Kiev citizens who don’t have them”: “That’s a nice gesture though it will probably not amount to much given...
Ukraine: “Dozens” Protest NATO in Crimea
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes writes about last week's coverage of “dozens” of anti-NATO protesters in Crimea.
Ukraine: Russia's Claims to Crimea
LEvko of Foreign Notes looks into the situation with Russia's claims to Crimea.
Ukraine: Video of Farmers’ Hard Work
Stefan of Dykun writes about the hard labor of Ukrainian farmers and posts a video of Pidhajtsi “men loading sacks of processed wheat flour into their wagons and tractors.”
Ukraine: A Trip to Lugansk
Stephan Clark of Everybody I Love You writes about his visit to Lugansk, a “city was more visibly Soviet than any other I’ve yet visited in Russia and Ukraine.”
Ukraine: Language Issue
As Russian receives the status of the regional language in several Ukrainian regions, LEvko of Foreign Notes writes about the relationship between politics and the language issue.
Ukraine: Yushchenko Urges Parliament to Approve Constitutional Court Judges
LEvko of Foreign Notes writes about president Yushchenko's determination to have the Constitutional Court judges approved by the parliament at last: “One of the reasons for the [parliament's] foot-dragging was that it did not want the Constitutional court to assess the validity or otherwise of Law № 2222-VI on amendments...
Ukraine: Georgian Wine Banned in Russia, Advertised in Kyiv
Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog doesn't think highly of the recent ad campaign of Georgian wine in Kyiv, Ukraine: “The caption on the poster goes, ‘It has more freedom than allowed. Georgian wine is banned in Russia.’ […] The message is clear but the target audience is probably too...
