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Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
The protesters are no longer concerned with the relations with EU, but are now calling for the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 5 July the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, elected in 2012, ended its spring session. 26 out of the planned 39 plenary sessions were held during this session. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted only a number of laws which were necessary…
OSW Studies |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
Full version available only in Polish.
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 30 April, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgement on the case of Yulia Tymoshenko v. Ukraine, stating that her detention pending her trial for abuse of power when concluding a gas contract with Gazprom in 2009 was unlawful…
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 7 April, President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned six people convicted of corruption offences, including Yuri Lutsenko, a former interior minister in Yulia Tymoshenko’s government, and Heorhiy Filipchuk, a former ecology minister in the…
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
Since the beginning of February there has been a stalemate in the parliament of Ukraine. The opposition has prevented its activity from getting under way by blocking the speaker’s rostrum, and has called for the introduction of a guarantee…
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 18 January, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine charged Yulia Tymoshenko with the theft of property from the company she herself ran, the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), and with complicity in the 1996 murder of Yevhen Shcherban…
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 24 December, President Viktor Yanukovych appointed a new government headed by Mykola Azarov. The government’s composition is the result of a compromise between the two main groups of oligarchs: the 'family', linked to the president's…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz A Olszański
The government has adopted a strategy of playing for time, hoping that the opposition’s weaknesses will see the protests weaken.
Analyses |
| Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz A Olszański
On 4 October, Yulia Tymoshenko issued a statement in which she agreed to go abroad for medical treatment without the requirement of legal rehabilitation, while insisting this does not mean she has formally emigrated. This is an…