UKRAINE.

Authors :: Haran, Olexiy
Source :: Nations in Transit -- 2000-2001 - Nations in Transit; 2001, p392-404, 13p
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Ukraine became an independent republic in 1991. Since then it has developed into a presidential-parliamentary electoral democracy that holds multi-party elections. Despite reports of irregularities, international observers deemed the 1994 presidential and parliamentary elections and 1998 parliamentary vote as generally free and fair. At the same time, Ukraine's government restricts some civil liberties, first and foremost freedom of the press. The judiciary is inefficient, overburdened and subject to political interference. Corruption continues to be a serious issue.