In Petrozavodsk on June 1 began the trial of one of the most amazing people I have ever known – local historian Yuriy Dmitriev. He has dedicated his life to the dead. He is accused either of...
The delegates of the 83th congress of PEN International convened in Lviv, West Ukraine, assure that they will not stop demanding the release of Oleg Sentsov, as well as other Ukrainians and Russians persecuted by the Kremlin regime for...
Minsk is promoting the Belarusianization of Belarus while Moscow is pushing its re-Sovietization. But because both are being imposed from above, specialists on that country say, it is unclear whether the former will promote cultural...
Why the Kremlin wants peacekeepers in the Donbas Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to actively seek support for his initiative to send UN peacekeepers to the Donbas zones of conflict. After his telephone conversation with German...
Ban on sale of agricultural land in Ukraine Ukraine does not have a functional market for agricultural land Ukraine imposed a ban on sale of agricultural land, a moratorium, impacting most private plots and all state agricultural...
FROM SPRING TO WINTER – WITH HOE AND PICKAXE IN HANDS In spring, Vasyl sets out early in the morning, swinging his pick-axe to dig up the rocky soil, sometimes cluttered with remnants of concrete and asphalt. He removes bushes and...
A great number of people hoped the Euromaidan revolution would eradicate corruption. The reform of the judicial system is considered to be crucial in this regard. Can we say that Ukraine has made successful reforms in this direction? The...
The elections for the Bundestag, the German parliament, are approaching and Moscow’s attempts to influence the outcome of the ballot box have failed to materialize. One of the reasons might be that the expected maintenance of the...
Poroshenko stressed that there is undeniable proof of Russian involvement in the conflict as he showed the military IDs: “The Russia’s mantra that ‘we are not there’ does not hold water. There are undeniable facts that...
During the Euromaidan revolution of 2013-2014, protesters pitting themselves against Yanukovych’s repressive regime needed to evade not only the violent Berkut police which shot over a hundred unarmed people in the center of Kyiv....
A UN reform is needed A comprehensive reform of the Security Council is long overdue. When the UN was set up, it was designed to maintain peace and security in the world based on principles of respect for sovereignty and integrity of...
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, The topic of this year’s debate invites to focus on people and our responsibility to ensure their peaceful and sustainable future. However, in today’s world such peaceful future is...
The girl whose gold shoes glittered with paste diamonds stood in the aisle of the plane, her arms outstretched, as the aircraft juddered. I caught her eye and she smiled and headed towards the back of the plane, tentative as a newborn...
Sometimes the simultaneous appearance of two stories apparently unrelated sheds light on issues more clearly than either of them does on its own. That is the case of two stories today from Belarus, one about Moscow’s promotion of...
Your Honor! Respected Court! All the participants in the trial are witnesses to the fact that I was extremely frank here, spoke honestly and sincerely, the same way as I had written my books and my articles in newspapers, magazines, and...
On 14-16 September 2017, the 14th Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference took place in Kyiv. Previously, from 2004 to 2013, it has been held in Crimea, but it had to be relocated since 2014 due to the Russian annexation. Nowadays, the...
Ukraine is often blamed for the fact that the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia does not know the state language. This is somewhat similar to placing all blame on a daughter-in- law. The usual explanation goes something like this:...
Ukraine’s Ministry of Temporary Occupied Territories has appealed to UNESCO for help in resolving the situation. The Swallow’s Nest Castle holds great historical value for Ukraine. Any excavations on the cliff are a violation of the...
The five-story building includes a multifunctional library, offices, exhibition centers, and conference halls. Its creators hope it will become a world level education area, providing new opportunities for the students, teachers, and...
On 5 September, Facebook user Viktor Vyshnivetskyi shared three photographs and a video of a military helicopter flying over a village: Identification Ukrainian social-network users have quickly identified the helicopter on video and...
On 5 September 2017, Ukraine’s Parliament passed a new education law called to advance the much-needed education reform. Among many things, it will raise teachers’ minimal salaries from $202 to $370 and extend the basic...
In Petrozavodsk on June 1 began the trial of one of the most amazing people I have ever known – local historian Yuriy Dmitriev. He has dedicated his life to the dead. He is accused either of producing child pornography or illegal...
The following is a fragment from a book by Vyacheslav Likhachov entitled From Maidan to the Right: Revolution, War, and the Far-Right in Ukraine (2013-2016), the Ukrainian edition of which is forthcoming in Krytyka Press. An...
