Inside Ukraine’s violent, messy battle for power

Feature discusses the political tensions in Ukraine in the winter of 2015-16 as the jostling for power between factions undermined efforts to deal with war, corruption and the nose-diving economy.

Carnegie Europe: Ukraine Reform Monitor: Reforming Ukraine http://www.europeansources.info/record/reforming-ukraine/

ESO: Key Source: Euromaidan - Protests in Ukraine 2013 - 2015 - Key source http://www.europeansources.info/record/euromaidan-protests-in-ukraine-2013-2015/

ESO: Background information: Ukraine approves 2016 budget, clearing way for delayed IMF loan http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-approves-2016-budget-clearing-way-for-delayed-imf-loan/

ESO: Background information: Saakashvili in Odessa http://www.europeansources.info/record/saakashvili-in-odessa/

Blog: David R. Marples, 28.12.15: Ukraine’s Quest for Survival: a Review of 2015 https://davidrmarples.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/ukraines-quest-for-survival-a-review-of-2015/

The Economist, 12.12.15: Corruption n Ukraine. Making Joe Biden mad as hell http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21679858-ukraine-not-punishing-its-criminals-west-getting-tired-nagging-it-making-joe-biden

Politico, 21.12.15: Star Wars in Ukraine: Poroshenko vs Kolomoisky http://www.politico.eu/article/star-wars-in-ukraine-poroshenko-vs-kolomoisky/

CAPX, 22.01.16: Corruption persists and the bear looms, but Ukraine is far from doomed http://capx.co/corruption-persists-and-the-bear-looms-but-ukraine-is-far-from-doomed/

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