Winfried Schneider-Deters

Winfried Schneider-Deters studied economics at Heidelberg University. Since 2004 he is retired and works as a free lance author in Heidelberg, Germany and Kiev / Kyiv, Ukraine. Previously Schneider-Deters directed national and regional projects of FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG (FES) in LATIN AMERICA; EAST and CENTRAL ASIA, and in the SOUTH CAUCASUS. From 1996 to 2000 he was head of the cooperation office of the FES in Kyiv, Ukraine. His previous books include UKRAINE – POWER VACUUM BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, BWV, Berlin 2012 and UKRAINE’s FATEFUL YEARS 2013 - 2019, BWV, Berlin 2022 . His papers have been published by, among others, OSTEUROPA, NEUE GESELLDSCHAFT, UKRAINE ANALYSEN, THE EUROPEAN and EUROMAIDAN PRESS.