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OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak

Zelenskys Ukraine the mechanisms of power are failing

President Volodymyr Zelensky gained full power under a year and a half ago, but it is already becoming increasingly difficult for him to implement his declared…

OSW Commentary | | Piotr Żochowski, Sławomir Matuszak, Tadeusz Iwański

Ukraine attempted attack on anti-corruption bodies

The high susceptibility of Ukrainian officials to corruption has been one factor affecting the condition of the Ukrainian state. Since 2014, the government has…

OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak

The act on the land market – a key step towards the development of Ukrainian agriculture

On 28 April, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the Act on introducing an agricultural land market in Ukraine. …

OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor, Piotr Żochowski

Neither a miracle nor a disaster – President Zelenskys first year in office

20th May marked the end of Volodymyr Zelensky first year as President of Ukraine. Thanks to the clear victory of his Servant of…

OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski

How the COVID-19 pandemic will develop in Ukraine

According to data compiled by Ukraine’s Ministry of Health, by 27 March more than 200 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed nationwide, with five fatalities. However, there is a risk…

OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Sławomir Matuszak

A last-minute transit contract Russia-Ukraine-EU gas talks

On 21 January another round of trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union was held in Brussels. This meeting mainly concerned the new Russian-Ukrainian transit contract; the transit contract…

OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Konończuk, Sławomir Matuszak

Dark clouds over the Ukrainian gas market reform

In September, three out of five members of the supervisory board of Naftogaz, Ukraine’s largest gas company, announced their resignation.

OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak, Tadeusz A Olszański

Euro 2012 – Ukraines wasted opportunity

The country’s government assumed, during the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych alike, that Euro 2012 would provide a major impulse for economic development and show that the young Ukrainian state was capable of…
OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak

Ukraines cooperation with the IMF – unfulfilled hopes for deeper reforms

The difficulties with fulfilling the obligations made to the IMF reflect the wider problem with implementing reforms in Ukraine, as the Party of Regions promised after taking power. Changes which do not affect the interests of…
OSW Commentary | | Sławomir Matuszak

Ukraine and Russia a hindered rapprochement

Ukraine's consent to send oil to Belarus along the Odessa-Brody pipeline shows that the government in Kyiv is ready to engage in projects they consider profitable, even those that run counter to Russian interests. Ukraine’s adoption…