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Privately commissioned “Berkut”
On the events of 17 October around the Institute “Respublica”
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Political “Monopoly”
A recent report revealing the extortionate cost of each law passed by Ukraine’s current parliament came as little surprise. No wonder that output was a third that of the previous Verkhovna Rada (no record-breaker for stability either). National Deputies had been far too busy to do very much legislating. Their battles, antics and even balloons have made it almost clichéd to describe parliament as a big sandpit. The behind-the-scenes bargaining was hardly childish, but still less was it democratic.
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Supreme Court head speaks of threat to Ukraine’s justice system
The behaviour of high-ranking officials and politicians in blocking the work of the courts, putting pressure on judges and punishing those who hand down “the wrong” rulings are placing the judiciary and the very future of the state in question
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Ministry of Positive Content
Try to imagine it: in response to the world financial crisis, the UK’s Deputy Speaker in Parliament invites all journalists to a special meeting, called to discuss the disturbing lack of positive news in their broadcasts. Various solutions get put forward, including an interview with the Chancellor in a relaxed setting about his love of dogs.
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When a country is ill, you hear cries of “They’re coming in hordes”
A plane lands at Boryspol Airport from Tbilisi – the capital of a country were Ukrainians are seen as a brother people and are met with Caucuses hospitality. Yet the first passengers from the Tbilisi flight, stepping on Ukrainian soil, are within minutes swearing: “Magis deda vatire” (“may your mother weep” – Georgian). They mutter this curse at the Ukrainian border guard officials.
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