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Chief prosecutor: A wad of dollars is placed on Ukraine’s Themis scale

In a wide-ranging interview, the newly-appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko told EURACTIV of his adventurous life, the shocking corruption cases he has already uncovered, and the daunting tasks ahead.

Ukraine official: Putin’s plans have failed

Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to take over Ukraine in his attempt to resuscitate the former Soviet Union. But he hasn't given up, and nobody knows where his tanks will stop, Andriy Parubiy, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

Scholar: Putin’s biggest fear is a Maidan in Moscow

As EU leaders discuss sanctions against Russia, Ukrainian Catholic activists Borys Gudziak and Myroslav Marynovych told EURACTIV that Vladimir Putin is most afraid that domestic protest movements, influenced by Euromaidan, will remove him from power.

Chizhov: For Russia Ukraine is more important than G8

EXCLUSIVE / If the West decides to sanction Russia by boycotting the G8 summit in Sochi, this gathering of the world’s major players will not become a G7, but will simply disappear, and Russia will not see it as a blow, because it considers Ukraine as more important than G8, Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s ambassador to the EU, told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. 

Leading MEP: Euromaidan’s main task is safeguarding election fairness

The 2015 presidential election in Ukraine could prove to be difficult to win, because the authorities may use force or its administrative resources to falsify the polls, analysts say. The main task for the opposition Euromaidan movement is to safeguard the fairness of elections, EPP Vice President Jacek Sayusz-Wolski told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.