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Questions relating to the government or the politics of Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine is elected by popular vote for a five-year term and is the formal head of state.

Ukraine's legislative branch includes the 450-seat unicameral parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The parliament is primarily responsible for the formation of the executive branch and the Cabinet of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister.

It has an area of 603,628 km² (233,062 sq mi) and a population of about 44.5 million.

Ukraine on Wikipedia

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Is Ukraine entitled to redress of breach to the Budapest Memorandum?

Ukraine gave up nukes in a separate agreement in 1994, under guarantees from Russia and USA and UK that Ukraine's territorial integrity won't be violated and in case of such violation would be protected. Now that Russia blatantly violated that…
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What pronouncements, if any, has Zelenskyy made concerning treatment and due process for suspected and actual collaborators?

Ukraine is currently reasserting control over large parts of its territory invaded by Russia since February 2022. It is no secret that some Ukrainians collaborated with the Russians, or at least accepted jobs to feed themselves and their families. …
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Ashton phone leak - why no coverage (vs Nuland leak)?

recently it was phone leak of Victoria Nuland - now famous 'F**k EU' quote is from there. It was broadly covered and commented by various officials in EU and US. Question: why Ashton leak is not commented the same way…
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A question on Motor Sich of Ukraine

Ukrainian Court Seizes Aerospace Company Motor Sich From Chinese Investors Ukraine may sell 50% stake in Motor Sich to Turkish firm I have two questions in this regard: Is the decision of sanctioning the Chinese company from investing in Motor…
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Why did the government of Russia bother to recognize the breakaway areas if it is going to invade Ukraine today?

Why did the government of Russia bother to recognize the breakaway areas if they are going to invade Ukraine today? The predictions of an invasion seem to be of a much larger area - as far as Kiev, so it would include these areas.
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Why did Poland and Romania side with Ukraine in February 2022?

If Poland or Romania had marched into Ukraine from the west, they could have easily annexed lots of fertile land and valuable cities. I cannot imagine their leaders to be too dumb to recognize the opportunity, so there must be some actual reason. Is…
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