Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Ukraine: EuroMaidan and the Revolution of Dignity

Beginning in November of 2013, then President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych withdrew from a long-desired and promised EU trade agreement in the interest of consolidating a kleptocratic regime with Russia. The events ignited a series of both violent and non-violent large-scale protests in Kyiv, spanning many months. The protests, named 'Euromaidan' shifted the tide in Ukrainian politics and represented one of Ukraine's largest ever collective action movements against corruption and kleptocracy. Vladimir Dubrovsky is this episode of Collectively Combating Kleptocracy 's guest, joining CIPE's ACGC Program Manager Izabela Chmielewska, to discuss his personal insights into the Euromaidan protests. Vladimir has extensive experience working as a senior economist at Case Ukraine and as a chief expert at the Economic Expert Platform; and a rich experience working in macroeconomics, political institutional economics and governance and anti-corruption. Vladimir outlines the historical and political background leading up to the protests and uses his experience and insight to explore the events' tipping points and mobilization mechanisms. He also discusses the outcome of the protest, noting the shift in collective action narrative in Ukraine, the existing needs for reform and the unification of civil society in response to recent conflicts.

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Collectively Combating Kleptocracy - Ukraine: EuroMaidan and the Revolution of Dignity is an episode from Democracy That Delivers by Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).

This episode is 33:19 long.

This episode was published on Sep 19, 2024.

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