Mykola Riabchuk is a senior research fellow at the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies, in Kyiv, and co-founder and member of the editorial board of Krytyka, a leading Ukrainian intellectual magazine.
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Published in: oDRPlaying with ambiguities: Ukraine’s language law
Ukrainian, Russian…and 18 others? The debate over Ukraine’s official languages enters a new chapter – but who are...
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Published in: oDRLike fathers, like sons: Ukraine’s untouchables
The brutal rape and murder of Oksana Makar, apparently committed by well-connected children, has forced Ukrainians...
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Published in: oDRRussian politics: the burden of national myths
National myths have always played an important part in Russian politics, from 15th-century ‘Moscow as the 3rd Rome’...
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Published in: oDRThe Tymoshenko trial: a farce to end the farce
A flexing of European trade muscle means the Yulia Tymoshenko showtrial is likely coming to an end, writes Mykola...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: blackmail and bluff
Under the direction of the new Polish presidency, the EU has dangled a huge integration carrot in front of Ukraine’s...
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Published in: oDRViktor Yanukovych, Pandora’s Box and the Moscow Orchestra
It is clear Viktor Yanukovych's recent moves against his predecessor Leonid Kuchma were driven by not by justice,...