Stories about Ukraine from April, 2007
Ukraine: Response to Yanukovych
Foreign Notes reacts to PM Victor Yanukovych's piece in the Financial Times.
Ukraine: “Hi, Mom!”
Abdymok.net posts a note about Ukraine's young protesters – and their leaders.
Ukraine: Mykhailo Demtsiu
Olechko writes about Mykhailo Demtsiu's work currently on view at a Kyiv gallery.
Ukraine: Film Debut
MoldovAnn writes on playing a foreigner in a Ukrainian movie about an orphanage child: “So, our part is literally in the last two minutes of the film, and we are far from the focus of any scene. But hell, we’ll be in the credits!”
Ukraine: Notes on Politics
Leopolis writes about political opportunism of members of Ukraine's ruling coalition and the strange-sounding rhetoric of some Western expats.
Ukraine: Forecasts
Taras Kuzio thinks there's a chance for Yulia Tymoshenko to become Ukraine's prime minister again.
“What's Going On in Ukraine?”
LJ user dibrov_s (Sergei Dibrov of Odesa, Ukraine) explains how the current crisis in Ukraine came to be and why he thinks the new election (and then some more) is absolutely necessary. This lengthy post (RUS) has received 366 comments so far and made it into the top 30 at...
Ukraine: News Roundup
A long-awaited roundup of Ukrainian political news from Orange Ukraine.
Ukraine: Polissya Travel
MoldovAnn shares stories from her work-related small-town and rural travel in Ukraine's Ivankivsky and Polissky districts: “We saw storks everywhere. Their huge nests sit on top of electricity posts, water towers, lamp posts, and other tall structures. Storks are considered good luck, and disturbing one of their nests is an...
Ukraine: Bloggers’ Comments
Bloggers on the situation in Ukraine: “Political Tourists” – by Leopolis, “Ukraine Dispair” – by The Cranky RPCV, “Disillusion and Dissolution” – by Harvard International Review.
Ukraine: A War in the Comments
Siberian Light had to close the comment section on this post about the current events in Ukraine, after minor virtual fighting broke out between a bunch of readers.
Ukraine: Crisis Analysis
“Crisis has become the hallmark of Ukrainian politics since last year's March parliamentary elections,” writes Vilhelm Konnander and explains what the reasons and the perspectives are.
Ukraine: Non-Violent Crisis
MoldovAnn shares her impressions of living “in the midst of our own little political mess in Ukraine”: “I had a chuckle when a friend of mine working in Afghanistan IM’d me on Monday to check if I am OK. I had to chuckle at the irony. The worst thing that...
Ukraine: Constitutional Court
Abdymok.net and Foreign Notes write about the politics of awaiting the Constitutional Court's decision and other political matters: “Luckily most Ukrainians are equipped with efficient bull-s**t filters and are going about their daily business as usual,” writes LEvko.
Ukraine: Yushchenko's Salary
Taras Kuzio writes about president Yushchenko's earnings: “…I am not the only one who therefore remains skeptical of the President receiving $100,000 in honorariums.”
Ukraine: Kyiv Art Galleries
Olechko recommends art galleries in Kyiv.
Ukraine: Gapchinska
Olechko writes about works of Ukrainian artist Eujeniya Gapchinska.
Ukraine: Betting on Yushchenko
On Saturday, tens of thousands of people attended two major rallies in Kyiv: supporters of prime minister Victor Yanukovych and his ruling coalition were brought to European Square to protest president Victor Yushchenko's plans to dissolve the parliament; supporters of Yushchenko and his current allies stood at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, voicing...
Ukraine: Verka Serdyuchka
“The unwashed masses have spoken,” writes Natalia Antonova in her post about Verka Serdyuchka/Andriy Danylko.
Ukraine: Between Revolutions
A Fistful of Euros writes about Ukraine, and about revolutions eating their children, and about “shift[ing] away from snipers towards tents and blogs as a means of resolving political conflict.”
Ukraine: Updates
Abdymok.net posts updates on the situation in Ukraine following the president's decision to dissolve the parliament.
