On 6 November, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, announced during the presentation of the results of the economic audit of Ukraine that 5 million hectares of agricultural land had disappeared from state ownership. He thus confirmed the words of the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre (also named, the State Cadastral Service, SCS), Roman Leshchenko, who announced in a series of interviews at the end of October that most of the state’s agricultural land had been illegally privatised. …read more Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies...
During a closed session on 27 October, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CC) issued a ruling that has halted the functioning of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (Ukr. NAZK). This body is one of the key institutions responsible for fighting corruption, which was created after the Revolution of Dignity. The court also found unconstitutional an article of the Criminal Code providing for a penalty of imprisonment for knowingly submitting a false declaration on property ownership, arguing that it was too severe. …read more Source:: Centre for Eastern Studies...
2014-09-24Rafał SadowskiDue to the West’s reluctance to offer military support, as well as the difficult situation in Donbas, Ukraine has been forced to seek a compromise with Moscow. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
