Politics
Ukraine's parliamentary dysfunction, explained
Ukraine's parliament is in gridlock as relations have broken down between the legislative and executive branches of government. The parliamentary crisis, as some have rushed to describe it, has been ignited by the President's Office's weakening influence over the legislature and a lack of communication between parliament and the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, lawmakers and analysts have told the Kyiv Independent. "(Svyrydenko) works only with the President's Office and does not wo
