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Today president Yushchenko sacked Valeriy Pshenychniy, one of the Constitutional Court judges for 'violating his vows of office.' I ...

Last summertime, the unexpectedly re-appointed Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun [see picture] was telling 'Oboz' that the prez...

Some speculation in today's normally solid "Delo" business newspaper about the re-re-appointment of Svyatoslav Piskun - the va...

An article entitled "Attack of the clans - today's crisis in Ukraine was provoked by the concluding phase of redistribution of asse...

Interesting piece in 'Ukr Pravda' today on shenanigans in the Constitutional court. Here are some paraphrased bits: Negotiations bet...

Syuzanna Stanik's husband, Vadim Dolhanov, a newspaper editor, agreed to be interviewed by 'Unian' today. I have posted several ...

According to the 'novosti.dn' site, Akhmetov, Feldman and Kolomoyskiy will be able to solve the political crisis during the next few...

Brief interview in yesterday's 'Daily Telegraph' with 'former weightlifter and one-time racing driver' Viktor Yanukovych...

Brief interview with a confident Yanukovych on EuroNews here . He seems well coached.

I've posted several times recently on allegations of corruption directed at deputy-head of the Constitutional Court, Syuzanna Stanik [s...

Latest from PACE All sides should accept the ruling of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, says PACE Strasbourg, 19.04.2007 – The urgent ruling ...

According to an article in today's 'Delo' business newspaper, "the first session of Constitutional Court examining of the l...

Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe "Functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine Report" 17th April 2007 here More late...

Today PM Yanukovych visited the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. He declared that any political statements [ma...

The Constitional court, which is supposed to commence deliberations tomorrow on whether President Yushchenko's ukaz to dismiss the VR wa...

In his op-ed piece in today's 'FT' [Ukraine's democracy must rest on the rule of law], Viktor Yanukovych declares: "Mr ...

Yush at his press conference today revealed that it was Moroz who caused his patience to snap on April 2nd. After their head-to-head earlier...

The higly dubious privatization of the biggest manufacturer of railway locomotives in the CIS took place a couple of weeks ago. No-one batte...

Viktor Hayduk, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council says , "The president's ukaz [to dismiss the VR] could be pau...

I've translated excerpts from Yanukovych's interview today in the Polish newspaper 'Rzeczpospolita': "It would have bee...