Lexington Books (Rowman &amp; Littlefield publishing house) have just released a book titled <em>Ukraine and Russian neo-imperialism : the divergent break</em>,&nbsp; whose author is Dr. Ostap Kushnir, Lazarski University assistant professor (Department of Government Studies). The book is now available at the Lazarski University Library (DK508.849 .K88 2018). The book's major theme is Ukraine as a young post-colonial and post-communist state which, unlike Russia, is more prone to democratize and decentralize. To understand the logics of the ongoing Ukrainian transformation, its domestic and international developments are assessed in their connection to the Soviet political tradition and the early modern legacy of the Cossack statehood (15–18 centuries). The book, available on the market also in the electronic format, has been already included into catalogues of over 20 WorldCat libraries. <br /><br />Pictures by M. Rek, H. Hollender