|
| Country name: |
Ukraine |
Capital:
|
Kyiv
|
Form of
government:
|
Semipresidential
Republic
|
| Foundation: |
1991
|
| Population:
|
46.6
Million |
| Ethnics by percentage: |
Ukrainians (77.8%), Russians (17.2%), Belarussians,
Moldovans, Crimean Tartars |
Official
languages:
|
Ukrainian
|
Other
languages:
|
Russian
|
Country size:
|
603,700
km²
|
Neighbouring countries:
|
Moldova, Romania, Hungary,
Slovakia, Poland, Belarus,
Russia
|
| Current
President: |
Viktor
Yushchenko |
| Current Prime Minister: |
Viktor
Yanukovych |
| Parlamentary
Majority: |
The Party
of Regions
, Socialist Party
of Ukraine , The
Party of Communists |
| Parliamentary Opposition: |
Our
Ukraine, The Yulia
Tymoshenko Bloc
|
| Non-parliamentary
Opposition: |
|
Regional
cooperation:
|
CIS, BSEC, GUAM,
CDC, Council of Europe, OSCE
|
Global Income
per Capita:
|
$8397
|
| Corruption
Perceptions Index
(CPI): |
2.8 |
| Human
Development Index (HDI): |
0.774
|
see
reports by
Amnesty International
|
see
reports by Human Rights Watch
|
