oligarchs
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Kolomoisky arrest is 'key test' of Zelensky's anti-corruption campaign
The arrest of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky on 2 September is seen as a definite break with the old ways of doing business. By arresting the man whose television station backed his presidential election campaign back in 2019, Zelensky presents himself as an anti-corruption crusador.by Todd Prince -
What could Ukraine have done to avoid the war?
Economist Tymofiy Mylovanov, director of the Kyiv School of Economics, one year after the Russian invasion answers the question what Ukraine could have done to avoid the war.by Timofiy Mylovanov -
Why Russia's elite went to war
The oligarchs who emerged under Yeltsin's rule gave up their involvement in Russia's domestic politics. They earned their money in
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Can Zelensky still push back the anti-reform forces he allowed to rebuild?
Ukraine's president Zelensky faces a legal and constitutional crisis engineered by anti-reform forces in the country. He has belatedly promised to fight back, to try and save what is left of his presidency. But his options are limited.by Andrew Wilson -
How Western Sanctions Will Alter Ties Between Russian Big Business and the Kremlin
The United States’ latest round of sanctions has hit Russia hard. In the future, the Russian state will have to share the emerging
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Ukraine’s patronalistic regime is trying to preserve itself
The old clans are re-asserting their power in Ukraine again, while staying on a European course. In Ukraine pro-European political
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Forget the Saakashvili scandal. Ukrainian democracy is in danger
Ukrainian president Poroshenko's time runs out. Voters have grown impatient with pervasive corruption and the suffocating
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The rise and fall of a Ukrainian gas king
The recent decision of an Austrian court to allow the extradition of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash to the United States is a remarkable turn
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