Secret Service – The Achilles’ Heel of Ukraine

• Authors: Grzegorz Malecki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

The article is to show the weaknesses of the Ukrainian security sector which, according to the thesis of the paper, result from the lack of decommunization after regaining independence by Ukraine, and from Yanukovych’s policy towards Ukrainian intelligence agencies. Those two factors made infiltration of Ukrainian secret service by the Russians much easier. The article draws on sources such as online and newspaper articles. The aspects explored here are mostly connected with the current military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. By identifying the patterns which governed recent events in Ukraine, it was logical to conclude that Ukrainian secret service is not free from Russian agents, and unless it is reformed, the state will become a victim of its neighbour.

Keywords

PL

Russia; Ukraine; security sector; secret service

• Publisher: Fundacja Copernicus na rzecz Rozwoju Badań Naukowych
• Journal: The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 2 (6)

Dates

published

2014

online

2018-10-19

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Malecki

editor

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

editor

Natalia Olszanecka

editor

Daniel Urbański

editor

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

editor

Agnieszka Bryc

editor

Bartosz Bojarczyk

editor

Feride Asli Ergul Jorgensen

editor

Dorota Niedziołka

editor

Anna Pacześniak

editor

Radosław Potorski

editor

Maria Wincławska

editor

Agata Włodkowska-Bagan

editor

Agnieszka Jeran

editor

Anna Mol

editor

Alex Solsbery

editor

Izabela Dąbrowska

editor

Mirosław Głodkowski

other

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

other

Natalia Olszanecka

other

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/cjps.2014.02.16