Months-long protests in Kyiv boiled over on Sunday night as an opposition gathering degenerated into violence. Josh Black argues that President Victor Yanukovych is fast losing the trust of his citizens. Sunday saw yet another rally of 100,000 plus protestors, but far worse violence than at any point since Euromaidan began in November of last … Continue reading
Vitali Klitschko, heavyweight champion of the world and parliamentary deputy in Ukraine announces that he will run for the country’s presidency in 2015. The race already looks like it will be anything but a clean fight, according to Josh Black. The run-up to November’s EU summit in Vilnius has brought out the worst in EU-Ukraine … Continue reading
Vitali Klitschko has had an easy ride as an opposition leader in Ukraine. Should he choose to run for the presidency, however, he will come across severe obstacles, as Josh Black explains. Vitali Klitschko caused a ripple of excitement in the West last week, when a boxing website listed him as a contender for the … Continue reading
