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KYIV BLOG: Ukraine goes overboard with Russian internet bans
May 21, 2017
Critics argue the restrictions violate freedom of speech and will be unenforceable.
KYIV BLOG: Anti-graft agency tries to hook its first big fish in Ukraine's filthy pond
March 8, 2017
Three years after the Euromaidan protests, Ukraine's NABU watchdog has detained its first senior official, tax service chief Roman Nasirov.
KYIV BLOG: Manafort caught in Ukrainian web
August 17, 2016
The embarrassment the revelations that Paul Manafort worked for the disgraced Yanukovych is causing the Trump campaign is symptomatic of the shifting sands that is foreign relations between east and west these days.
COMMENT: Fragile balance in Ukraine politics shaken by economy minister's resignation
February 3, 2016
The resignation of Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius has shaken the fragile balance in Ukrainian politics and could herald a collapse in the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
KYIV BLOG: Ukraine's European dream is dying
February 3, 2016
Ukraine’s dream of becoming a normal European country suffered a major blow when Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius, one of a handful of true reformers, quit, accusing the leadership of blatant corruption.