Protnykov's analysis

Fantastic! Just look at the faces of the political elite! Priceless!

Bunnies for Ukrainian democracy!

The journalist Roman Vintoniv is definitely on top of my Man of the Year-list. Finally, someone has showed Ukrainian parliamentarians the respect they deserve. As Roman told Ukrainska Pravda: "If the Verhovna Rada is turning into a circus, then this needs to be officially acknowledged and people need to dress appropriately".

A Ukrainian Polish Parliament?

The expression 'Polish parliament' originates in the Polish parliamentary system from mid 17th century to late 18th century, when every member of the parliament had absolute veto, which of course resulted in a complete chaos. So when Polish politicians find amusement in the voting system of the Ukrainian parliament anno 2011, what should we call that? Ironic?

What do we teach our children about democracy?

On May 13, the Ukrainian internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published a text I wrote on what models of democracy we show our children. Here you can read an English versjon of the text.

More fist-fights in the Ukrainian Parliament

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