A delegation of Ukrainian law enforcement officials and academics got an up-close look at this nation’s democratic form of government and legal system during a visit to Georgia’s state Capitol Monday.
The eight Ukrainians are visiting Atlanta this week – including its City Hall and Municipal Court – amid persistent fighting between their native country's military and Russian-backed separatists. Their visit was organized by a nonprofit group called the International Cultural and Educational Association.
Kateryna Grytsai, a district court judge from Pidhaitsi in western Ukraine, complimented Georgia’s government.
“I have a very positive impression,” she said after touring the Capitol with a police official, a prosecutor, some lawyers and college professors from Ukraine. “It doesn’t seem that society and the legal system as a whole have any big problems. Everything seems to be very stable.”
Ukraine, a nation of 44.2 million people that gained its independence after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, is striving to root out corruption and run a competent government. The year-long fighting in Ukraine has claimed more than 6,000 lives and displaced more than 1.2 million people. Grytsai is hoping for a political solution.
“All this year we have been very worried,” she said. “The people need to agree on something.”
Read more about Ukrainian-Americans living in Georgia here.
About the Author
