territorial community Archive
Water Without a Steward: How Pipes, Corruption and an 80–200% Tariff Jump Turn Co-Owners of a Territorial Community into Powerless Payers
The water supply crisis has three faces — worn-out pipes, a corruption “feeding trough” and tariff shock. Each is discussed separately, yet together they add up to a single diagnosis: our water has no steward. First the
The Underground Loan: How Metro Debt Undermines the Self-Governance of Territorial Communities
“No one will build a state for us if we do not build it ourselves, and no one will make a nation of us if we ourselves do not wish to be a nation.” — Viacheslav Lypynsky
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
The collapse of the Kyivmiskbud pyramid: some will build palaces, while others will be left homeless
“Those who promise us paradise on Earth have never created anything but hell.” Karl Popper Anotation In this article, I: analyze the transformation of the construction industry in Kyiv over the years of “independence” from a sector
Corporatization of Ukroboronprom means war for Ukrainians, money for reformers and officials offshore.
Corporations no longer need lobby the government. They are the government. Jim Hightower The process of deindustrialization continues in Ukraine under the sensitive leadership of “Western partners”. It’s Ukroboronprom’s turn. What does the corporatization of Ukroboronprom mean