The head of the Ukrainian secret service, Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, is hosting a luxurious dinner for MEPs in Brussels as the country's new administration continues its campaign to legitimise itself in the eyes of the EU.
At a time of national austerity under IMF bail-out conditions, Kiev is sparing no expense on its public relations effort by inviting around 15 euro-deputies to dinner on Tuesday (9 November) in
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.