Ukraine

NATO open to Ukrainian role in missile defense – Rasmussen

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Ukraine may also take part in NATO’s missile-defense program, as the invitation to join should not be limited to Russia, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Moscow on Wednesday. "I think this invitation should be open to our Euro-Atlantic partners, so it is also an invitation to Ukraine if Ukraine so […]

Looking Beyond the EU: Natural Gas Politics in Ukraine

By Alexandros Petersen

The election of the relatively pro-Russian Victor Yanukovich as President of Ukraine in February 2010 was supposed to herald a new era of energy stability in a country wracked by natural gas cutoffs, disputes among energy-rich oligarchs and perennial political turmoil, but recent events show that energy security in Central Asia and a stable supply […]

President Yanukovych Addresses Atlantic Council

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, addressed a gathering of 80 business leaders, former government officials, think tank analysts, and journalists at an Atlantic Council event in New York City on September 23 as part of the Council’s Ukraine-North America Dialogue.

Ukraine turns convicted FSB colonel over to Russia

By Interfax

From Interfax:  A Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) colonel convicted in Ukraine this summer on a spying charge was handed over to Russia under an agreement, a source said on Friday. Vladimir Noskov was turned over to Russia in the summer, the source told Interfax. Earlier, Ukrainian newspaper Mirror Weekly, citing its own sources, said […]

Yanukovych’s Democratic Steamroller

By Alexander Motyl

Ukraine’s already weak democracy has just received three body blows from the government of President Viktor Yanukovych.

Ukraine Under Yanukovych: An Analytical Debate

On August 18, New Atlanticist–the Atlantic Council’s policy and analysis blog–published a critique of Ukraine’s leadership and progress toward democracy since 2004. Entitled  “Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution,” the essay was written by Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky.