This is an absolutely predictable act of the Ukrainian parliamentarians that indicates the complete absence of sanity and professionalism. This normative act still does not conform to either the Constitution of Ukraine or international normative legal documents and conventions.

After a month and a half’s break, Saakashvili hit the headlines of Ukrainian media once again. On February 4, Kiev hosted a meeting called “Movement of New Forces”, which ended with “March for the Future”. The main demand voiced by protesters was the resignation of Poroshenko. The return to the proscenium of the political burlesque, “Maidan in Kiev”, means one thing to Saakashvili – screenwriters of this theatrical performance hint to the main…

The “information and media literacy course” will be introduced in Ukrainian schools. First, it is going to be tested in four cities: Ternopol, Chernigov, Dnepropetrovsk and Mariupol. The project will be implemented with the support of the Great Britain and the USA. This was stated by the British ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough.

There has been a clearly visible tendency of infringement of the rights of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in favour of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate in the state religious policy of Ukraine for the last four years (the latter is not recognized by the World Orthodox community – Ed.). 

On January 30, the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL) published a report on Ukraine, which recommended amending its legislation so that the fight against corruption would become effective. The report stresses that corruption and shadow economy “make the country particularly vulnerable”. Once again Europe pointed out to Ukraine the need to combat the embezzlement of budget funds and crime in…

It is necessary to account periodically for western grants allocated for incitement of national hatred, increasing the level of Russophobia and other anti-Russian projects. This time, the Kiev authorities did not hold original activities and limited themselves to another renaming of the capital’s streets.

Traditionally, Ukrainians are fearfully waiting for another increase in tariffs for housing and communal services. Over the past 10-15 years, the average price of the payment for utility services has increased more than 25 times. Now an ordinary Ukrainian has to give about 40-50% of their income for utilities of dubious quality.

Two cases of shooting in one day in Kiev, policemen got busted for systemic bribery in Lvov and a child and his grandmother were injured in Kharkov as a result of the detonation of an explosive device on a street. This is a brief overview of the incidents happened in Ukraine in one day, January 29, 2018. 

As part of today's videoconference of the working group on security issues, the parties to the conflict reaffirmed their commitment to implementing the ceasefire. At that, representatives of the Donetsk People's Republic insisted on the need for Ukraine to implement the agreements reached earlier. 

The President of Ukraine Poroshenko made another statement similar to a famous proverb, which had become some kind of civil position in Ukraine, - “Let my barn burn, if the neighbor's cow dies”.