Victor Yanukovych
Putin’s plagiarism, fake Ukrainian degrees and other tales of world leaders accused of academic fraud
Around the world, questions have been asked over the legitimacy of many world leaders’ claims of academic achievements. The list includes Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who have both been suspected of plagiarizing their doctorates.
Beyond Class Part III: Class in the Shadow of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution
Revolutions, it is said, need the support of the middle class to be successful; In Ukraine, seven years after the Orange Revolution, a TV producer wonders whether it was worth it, as her nation slips back into its corrupt, pre-revolutionary past.