Monthly Archives: February 2012
Sex, Nationalism, and Academic Freedom: The Controversy at Kyiv-Mohyla
By John-Paul Himka Controversy has erupted at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) over the recent closure of the art exhibition “The Ukrainian Body” at the university’s Visual Cultural Research Center VCRC) and by the closure of the Center
Sex, Nationalism, and Academic Freedom: The Controversy at Kyiv-Mohyla
By John-Paul Himka Controversy has erupted at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) over the recent closure of the art exhibition “The Ukrainian Body” at the university’s Visual Cultural Research Center VCRC) and by the closure of the Center
Toward an Anecdotal History of Ukrainian Politics
By Mykola Riabchuk The second anniversary of Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency passed on February 25, and his presidency can be briefly defined in three possible ways: as a period of authoritarian consolidation, of imitative “reforms,” or of permanent and pervasive scandals.
Toward an Anecdotal History of Ukrainian Politics
By Mykola Riabchuk The second anniversary of Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency passed on February 25, and his presidency can be briefly defined in three possible ways: as a period of authoritarian consolidation, of imitative “reforms,” or of permanent and pervasive scandals.
UKRAINE’S GAS PROBLEMS AND HOW TO RESOLVE THEM
David Marples Ukraine continues to discuss prices for gas and the volume that should be purchased from Russia, which in turn, through the state-run Gazprom, makes demands on its neighbor, while threatening to divert more supplies to its Nord Stream
UKRAINE’S GAS PROBLEMS AND HOW TO RESOLVE THEM
David Marples Ukraine continues to discuss prices for gas and the volume that should be purchased from Russia, which in turn, through the state-run Gazprom, makes demands on its neighbor, while threatening to divert more supplies to its Nord Stream
Casus Vynnychukus and Freedom of Speech
Mykola Riabchuk On January 23, 2012 two policemen approached writer Yuri Vynnychuk at his home in the Western Ukrainian city of L’viv and demanded from him a written explanation of the poems he had presented a few months earlier in
Casus Vynnychukus and Freedom of Speech
Mykola Riabchuk On January 23, 2012 two policemen approached writer Yuri Vynnychuk at his home in the Western Ukrainian city of L’viv and demanded from him a written explanation of the poems he had presented a few months earlier in
Current Politics in Ukraine 