Elizabeth Piper

Position: Journalist

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Always a marriage of convenience in Ukraine?

He was a suave central banker and she a "gas princess", a young politician desperate to make her mark. In 1998 Yulia  Tymoshenko, now Ukraine's prime minister, said she knew her destiny lay with Viktor ...  Full Article | Comments [3] 

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Is the American dream over for Georgia and Ukraine?

When thousands in the streets of the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the Georgian capital Tbilisi overthrew Soviet-style rulers, many felt warm in the embrace of the West. Western support for the opposition ...  Full Article | Comments [28]