Viktor Yanukovych

Yanukovych: PR firms and nice suits hide authoritarian intentions

2012-10-01 05:00:00

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is the model of a new kind of power-grabbing authoritarian. Gone is the preening, bullying fascist in a comical military costume, like Hitler or Mussolini. Mao’s jacket and Fidel Castro&...

Americans can learn something from Ukraine's struggle for liberty

2012-09-27 00:06:00

KIEV, Ukraine -- Making a brief escape to this heartland of the old Soviet Union, I find myself more inspired by the people's striving for liberty here than by the petty nastiness of the American presidential campaign. For over a year, Republican...

Policemen arrest activists of Ukrainian women's movement FEMEN protesting in front of the Olympic stadium in Kiev against the UEFA and against the visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to attend final match of the EURO 2012 opposing Italy to Spain on July 1, 2012.

2012-07-01 00:00:00

holds a picture of her during a rally to mark 300 days since her improsonment in Kiev on May 30, 2012.

2012-05-30 00:00:00

Policemen walk past a toy mocking Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych as they guard a camp of Yulia Tymoshenko supporters in central Kiev. A Ukrainian court on May 21 once more adjourned a tax evasion trial of the jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko due to her absence in hospital with debilitating

2012-05-22 00:00:00