UkraineWatch

October 25, 2009

Assorted Links

  1. A sin tax in Russia. Is it really Pigovian tax? Ukraine deals with national vice in a simpler way.
  2. Media freedom is under threat in Eastern Europe. What about Ukraine?
  3. Taras Kuzio with a superb preliminary analysis of Ukraine's presidential campaign.
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