Askold Krushelnycky

Askold Krushelnycky

Askold Krushelnycky is a journalist. He was born in London; his Ukrainian parents were refugees due to the Second World War. He is currently a foreign correspondent for The Independent, the Sunday Times and the Chicago Tribune. In 2006, Krushelnycky published An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History, which briefly discusses the history of Ukraine and documents its Orange Revolution and the events leading up to it.

VIEW FROM THE MAIDAN – THE POLITICAL SCENE IN KYIV AND THE BACKGROUND

As the mass pro-democracy protests in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, continued into a fourth week, President Viktor Yanukovych’s rapprochment with his Russian counterpart seemed to signal that he had burned his bridges with the West and many believe he wants to turn Ukraine into a Belarus-type autocracy. The demonstrations erupted