Fortress Ukraine

Building institutions with integrity

History will surely note this absurdly ill-timed Instagram selfie. On Wednesday, September 1, the Ukrainian president’s press secretary posed twice for his 800 followers in Washington, DC: in the first photo, Serhiy Nykyforov looks serious, but in the second he sticks out his tongue and extends his arm to create the illusion that he is holding the Washington Monument between his fingertips.