"Deoligarchisation" in Ukraine: promising visions, murky realities

Comment | Stellungnahme

In 2015, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a process of "deoligarchisation". Not much has happened so far. Some of the oligarchs’ profit sources have run dry in the field of public procurement. Certain efforts have been made to curb the in­fluence of oligarchs with respect to media legislation and financing political parties. However, these reforms have not yet been implemented effectively. In addition, meas­ures in sectors that are fundamentally important to the oligarchs (the energy sector, in particular) have been extremely contradictory. As a result, the oligarchic system per­sists and is being supported and consolidated by the ruling elite. Unless external actors increase their influence, Ukraine is unlikely to free itself from the mire of corruption, despite its many reform endeavours. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Die "Deoligarchisierung" in der Ukraine: vielversprechende Visionen, trübe Realitäten
• ISSN: 1861-1761
• Extent: Seite(n): 8
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Comment (51/2016)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Ukraine ; Osteuropa ; Oligarchie ; politischer Einfluss ; Wirtschaft ; Politik ; Reformpolitik ; Korruption ; Verbrechensbekämpfung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Halling, Steffen ; Stewart, Susan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
• (where): Deutschland, Berlin
• (when): 2016

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-49684-6
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST