The Instrumentalisation of the judiciary in Ukraine: authoritarian excesses of one man or an approach to political development?

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has already entered history as being the first national leader to use the judiciary to protect his own political interests. In its 21 years of independence Ukraine has lived through several periods: post-Soviet stagnation under Leonid Kravchuk, pseudo reform under Leonid Kuchma, anarchy during Viktor Yushchenko's period in office and finally the time of arbitrary justice and the emergence of political prisoners under Viktor Yanukovych.

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ESO: Background information: Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukrainian-parliamentary-election-2012/

ESO: Background Information: Ukraine violated Tymoshenko's rights - European court http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-violated-tymoshenkos-rights-european-court/

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