decentralization Archive

Raw Material Colony Instead of Reconstruction: Why Our Mineral Resources Are Given Away for a Pittance, While We Are Left with Poisoned Water

 ⚡ TL;DR (In Short): Community funds go offshore: The government takes the last remaining taxes from cities and villages to give 1.9 billion UAH of “live” money to the authorized capital of a closed American fund

Scylla and Charybdis of Power: How the “Vertical” and “Feudals” are Dividing Ukraine Under the Guise of Reform

(This article is my expert response to the public discussion surrounding Draft Law No. 14048. It analyzes the positions of key parties, particularly the opinions published by Member of Parliament Roman Lozynskyi, and presents my author’s position

Draft Law on “Supervision” No. 14048: A Legislative Cover for Robbing Communities or Building an Authoritarian Vertical Like Russia’s?

Introduction Imagine your apartment is being robbed. But instead of immediately calling the police, the law forces you to first write the robbers a polite “request” to stop and then wait 20 days for their response. While