Everything is Not Fine
It’s day whatever of Ukraine’s COVID-19 disaster and President Volodymyr Zelensky has said government’s response to the pandemic was timely. He’s even made...
Everything is Fine
KYIV. It’s day whatever of Ukraine’s epidemic disaster and my beloved award-winning Kyiv Post reports: Ukraine has not taken the COVID-19 pandemic lightly....
One Year Down Forever
As we pause to reflect on the one-year anniversary of Volodymyr Zelensky’s election victory, it’s helpful to remind ourselves of his close relationship with...
An Epidemic of Stupidity
I disagree with Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky about lots of things. When it comes to Ukraine, he reminds me of Rinat Akhmetov’s spieler,...
Lost Notes
Ukraine’s Ex-Deputy Minister Pavlo Kukhta and Ex-Minister of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Timofiy Mylovanov taking a break after being sacked Two decades...
Ukraine Changes its Algorithm
Two weeks after announcing an algorithm to keep track of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) in Ukraine, Deputy Health...
'Vital Litmus Test'
Legislation to regulate the banking sector is a litmus test in many ways. Ukrainian taxpayers have footed the $20 billion bill for bailing out the country’s...
Iryna the Hack
(Everyone knew Iryna was a hack months before she was promoted to become Ukraine’s top cop. Her predecessor Ruslan Ryaboshapka spilled the beans in a rant...
We're Completely Fucked
President Volodymyr Zelensky gave lip service to the coronavirus threat two months ago, was slow to move and has delivered mixed messages to the nation....
Stepanov: From Gynecology to Gas
Parliament on March 30, 2020 approved the candidacy of Maxym Stepanov for the post of Health Minister of Ukraine, on the second try. Initially, only 217 MPs...
Ukraine's New Algorithm
Ukraine’s Deputy Health Minister and Chief Sanitary Doctor Viktor Liashko says the official testing algorithm has been changed. On April 3, 2020, day...
Ukraine's Greasy Clowns
(Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak) I overslept this morning and only have time to post this slightly redacted English-language translation of...
Ukraine on the Installment Plan
(Photo c/o president.gov.ua) Physical distancing on March 30 morphed from a public-health to political act in Ukraine, where the consequences are already...
Not Unlike a Horrible Accident
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on January 30, 2020. One day later, Zelensky declared to Ukrainians and the world...
COVID-19 Testing in Ukraine
(Illustration from from #Stay_home series by Andriy Yermolenko) Ukraine’s Health Ministry on March 27 said it has so far tested 1,401 people nationwide for...
Good News, Bad News
It’s day whatever of Ukraine’s coronavirus disaster and I am pleased to report several positive developments. On March 27: Ukraine finally started reporting...
Emergency Situation Regime
“Уряд діє за визначеним планом боротьби з поширенням коронавірусної інфекції.” - Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, March 25, 2020The number of coronavirus...
Ukraine's Ex-Top Cop Self-Isolates
Alesya Batsman chatted up ex-Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Ryaboshapka on March 24 in a rambling 73-minute long interview posted to YouTube. President...
Jarred Tomatoes Forever
You can only get a positive result if you carry out a test in the first place. As of March 20, Ukraine had tested only 316 people. That explains why only a...
Insidious blandishments
Ukrainian Health Minister Illia YemetsArsen Zhumadilov, the general director of the state-owned enterprise Medical Procurements of Ukraine, has said on...
What Happens When You Elect a Clown?
Ukraine’s new Health Minister Illia Yemets on March 12, 2022 said at the start of an interview broadcast by pro-Russia TV 112.ua that he is not to blame for...
Fewer Ukrainians Make Less Noise
Maxim Edwards, unfortunately, repeats the mistakes of Washington Post Bureau Chief Robyn Dixon. His article appearing in The Atlantic, titled “Ukraine’s...
Zelensky Wants to End a War
The Washington Post yesterday published a 1,860-word article about Ukraine and got almost everything wrong. It repeats many of the dangerous batshit memes...
Vendetta
Vladimir Socor from the Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasian Daily Monitor on March 19 fleshes out motives behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s...
Selective Justice
One from the archives (January 2011) Ukraine’s authorities stepped up arrests of political opponents over the winter holidays, amid growing international...
Something Really Dangerous
(Photo: gp.gov.ua)Ukraine’s new Prosecutor General was introduced by Deputy Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak.“I am convinced that the Office of...
A Step in the Wrong Direction
When he ran for president, Volodymyr Zelensky harshly criticized Ukraine’s nonexistent rule of law and blamed its failures on his predecessor. He won the...
Putting the Truba Tapes in Context
Ukrainians have known for years that foreign linguistic experts pick up on much less in conversation than native speakers. However, few expected that the...
Medvedchuk's messengers
The last time I checked, the Odessa Review was dead. CNN apparently still thinks it’s a thing, and Vlad has returned from France to sample Forshmak. London...
13 Bogus Investigations
I no longer write columns, but if I did, they would focus on the harassment of Ukraine’s fifth President Petro Poroshenko (2015-2019). Investigators from the...
Operation Poroshenko
This much is clear. When Ze!Team promised one year ago to punish former top government officials, if elected, they meant Petro Poroshenko. "SPRING WILL COME...
Confiscation Of Prominvestbank: An Oversight That May Cost Ukraine Dearly
Russian shareholders want to recover PIB market value.Privat Group represented by a list of 18 companies.How much was PIB really worth when it was put up for...
Anti-corruption campaign in Ukraine?