Viktor Yushchenko
Zerkalo: Moldova reluctant to resolve border issues with Ukraine
November 19, 2009The new Moldovan authorities appear reluctant to deliver on their promise to resolve all border issues with Ukraine, a serious analytical weekly has written. The Moldovan authorities say that it is too early to make progress. However, they have made big...
Tammy Lynch: Ukraine pre-election update
October 16, 2009By Tammy Lynch On October 19, Ukraine’s presidential election campaign will officially begin, in advance of the first round of elections on January 17. The campaign is set to take place during Ukraine’s worst economic crisis since the...
Where does Russia want to take the CIS?
October 13, 2009By Irina Severin The main intrigue surrounding the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Chisinau last week was whether Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would attend. The Kremlin only confirmed his participation in the October...
Ukrainian president calls for boosting cooperation with Moldova
October 12, 2009Ukraine and Moldova should boost bilateral cooperation at all levels, the Presidential Secretariat of Ukraine quoted President Viktor Yushchenko as saying on Oct. 9 during his meeting with Moldovan Acting President Mihai Ghimpu in Chisinau. "We...
Moscow Reprises Another Tactic against Ukraine
October 08, 2009By Paul Goble Over the last decade, the Commonwealth of Independent States has been reduced to little more than a club of presidents of the 11 and now, after Georgia’s withdrawal, 11 former Soviet republics. But so few presidents are slated...
What if the CIS holds a Summit, and no one comes?
October 07, 2009By Robert Coalson There is none of the extraordinary street-cleaning or painting of dingy facades going on in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, that one might expect as the city prepares to host a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS...
Kyiv Needs New Security Guarantees Given Russian Threat
September 12, 2009By Paul Goble A group of 29 leading public figures in Ukraine, including former president Leonid Kravchuk, is calling on the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council -- other than Russia, of course -- and the international community more generally...
- Biden: US Committed to 'Strong and Prosperous' Ukraine
July 21, 2009U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is committed to a strong and prosperous Ukraine, and he says U.S. moves to reset relations with Russia will not come at Ukraine's expense. Biden spoke Tuesday in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, at the...
Russia Special Services Again Play the ‘Jewish Card’ against Ukraine
July 09, 2009By Paul Goble For entirely understandable reasons, there has been much speculation but little serious discussion about the specific role Moscow’s intelligence services have played in relations between Russia and the former Soviet republics in...
Will the Ukrainian Parliament be Disbanded?
July 08, 2009By Pavel Korduban Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko may return to the idea of disbanding parliament and call snap elections. The opposition Party of Regions (PRU), which has the largest caucus in parliament, has disrupted parliament's work following...
