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Foreign Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for the invitation. It's a really great honour to be here today. In my introductory remarks I would like to focus on the parliamentary elections that are to take place in October 2012 and on media freedom. What will distinguish the coming ele
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk
Foreign Affairs committee I think, unfortunately, not many people in Ukraine know about that. I doubt that the Ukrainian authorities paid much attention to those statements. In my view, the only country that could have a very real influence on the Ukrainian authorities today is the United States. It is th
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk
Foreign Affairs committee I think that many Ukrainians have a chance to get unbiased information, both from new media.... You know, there is a difference in Ukraine between so-called political news websites and social media. Both of them are really independent. I haven't heard about attempts by governme
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk
Foreign Affairs committee Civil society in Ukraine is still much stronger and more active than in neighbouring countries. Paradoxically, two years of President Yanukovych in power gave a second birth to civil society in Ukraine, I would say. There are strong civil society movements. Oleh Rybachuk repres
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk
Foreign Affairs committee Who can...?
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk
Foreign Affairs committee It's a really interesting question, because under this party list system, we have had a lot of very interesting people, very strange people, as members of Parliament. According to the last opinion poll, 40% of today's MPs are going to participate in the upcoming elections. That
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk
Foreign Affairs committee Today is a very good time to discuss the energy topic in Ukraine. This is the first time in Ukrainian history that we are not able to negotiate with Russia on gas prices. As far as I know, even people who are close to Gazprom in the Ukrainian government, like the Ukrainian energy
March 5th, 2012Committee meeting
Alyona Hetmanchuk