Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language transcript of Hromadske Radio’s “Ukraine Calling” program on Jan. 20, interviewing political scientist Paul D’Anieri about Ukraine’s Election Year 2019.
Hello and welcome to a new edition of our Ukraine Calling Programme for Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. As always there’s news, an in depth-interview on a topical theme with a special guest, and new music. This week, our host Marta Dyczok talks to political scientist Paul D’Anieri, a Professor at the University of California-Riverside, about Ukraine’s election year which will see presidential elections at the end of March and parliamentary elections in October. But first a round-up of news from and about Ukraine.