Oksana Shulyar

Oksana Shulyar is a political adviser to the Chairman of Ukraineâ€™s parliamentary committee on European integration. She served as a diplomat at Ukraineâ€™s Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The struggle after people power wins

With peaceful but forceful civic mobilization in 2004, Ukrainians managed to reverse a rigged presidential election. Later, disappointed in politicians who failed to deliver on promises of political and economic change, many Ukrainians distanced themselves from politics, thereby helping Victor Yan

By Olena Tregub and Oksana Shulyar

/ 17 Nov 2010