NEWSLINK Central European Policy Institute: CEPI Ukraine Watch
Week of March 20-27
Insider and Ukrainska Pravda reconstructed six days which lead to dismissal of Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Zerkalo Nedeli has reported that hot phase of the conflict has subsided due to the intervention from West and effective mediation of Boris Lozhkin. However, it seems premature to conclude that de-oligarchization process has started in Ukraine, since the last conflict between Kolomoisky and President Poroshenko can be rather characterized as an effort to consolidate central power. Hennadiy Korban commented on Kolomoisky dismissal and described conditions in which Dnitropetrovsk team worked last year, while Boris Filatov said more about plans for future. For possible future development, see Maksim Kamenev for Hromadske TV.