That Russia’s goal in Ukraine has been to destabilize the precarious political situation since the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych has been well demonstrated.

Examining similarities and differences in political behavior between five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), The Nordic Voter makes a valuable contribution for the field of comparative politics.

Four aspects of the current situation in Ukraine require analysis to estimate the country’s future prospects: the likelihood of a repeat of the Crimean scenario in other regions, the influence of armed groups on internal security, the regional divide and calls for federalization, and potential outcomes of the presidential elections in May.

Recent events in Ukraine constituted a genuine revolution in the sense of the self-assertion of popular sovereignty.

On February 22nd, former First Vice PM Aleksander Turchinov of Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party was nominated speaker of parliament.

Losing the battle after 269 days in coma, a 15 years old child was murdered by the hateful, merciless government of Turkey on March 11, 2014.

An analytical perspective from within Ukraine has been largely missing from the Western discourse.

With President Yanukovych apparently out of the picture, attention has once again turned to the regional divisions in Ukraine.

Almost five years since the initial deployment of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on February 4, 2008 and Kosovo’s declaration of independence two weeks after that, the mission has still work to do – especially regarding components of the rule of law, justice and community dialogue.

With some 8-12 million people, the Roma people are the largest minority in Europe, present in each country.