What Doesn’t Kill Ukraine
(Foreign Policy) (By Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel) If it survives the current crisis in one piece, Kiev will have a new lease on its democratic future. Ukraine's territorial integrity…
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The Strange Court Case of Aleksei Navalny: What Comes Next?
(The Monkey Cage) On July 18th, Russia’s best known oppositionist, anti-corruption blogger Aleksei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 years in prison. His co-defendant, Pyotr Ofitserov received…
Why Doesn’t the Bulgarian Judiciary Prosecute Corruption?
(Journal Article) Bulgaria's experience with the prosecution of political corruption suggests that increasing the power and institutional independence of the courts in new democracies does not guarantee that judges will…
Tymoshenko Verdict
“Pandora’s box has been opened.” Interviews (in Ukrainian and Russian)gazeta.ua, obozrevatel.com (video clip) – Olexiy Haran, University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, PONARS Eurasia Member This sentence will further complicate the…