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English-speaking volunteers invited to teach Ukrainian kids in summer camps
The English barrier separates Ukraine from the world like no other. In the times of the USSR, Soviet…
Belarus to Russia: We won’t be your “errand boys”
The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is urging Russia to respect the sovereignty of his county. In his…
Seven reasons why Putin’s war in Ukraine is a turning point in Russian and world history
As the world’s attention shifts, many Russians and many in the West are telling themselves that Vladimir Putin’s…
Mixed expectations for Ukraine’s new government | #UAreforms
New government, old plan Ukraine’s newly appointed prime minister Volodymyr Groysman invited civil society representatives and experts for a…
Soldier Oleksandr: “I will fight to the end, the pain will pass.”
20-year-old Oleksandr from Chernivtsi Region was recently admitted to the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital. On his FB page,…
Ukraine: It’s not just another war!
The Donbas war marks a turning point in Russian and modern European history. In a recent post, a…
Russia’s suspension of Mejlis “Hitlerism” – World Congress of Crimean Tatars
The World Congress of Crimean Tatars has slammed the recent decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice to…
Madeleine Albright and Russia’s “useful idiots”
The former secretary of state Madeleine Albright has become the focus of Russian propaganda. Well-known hysterics are discussing…
Ukraine’s parliament speaker calls for UN help for the Crimean Tatars
Andriy Parubiy, the speaker of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament), has called for an urgent meeting of the UN…
Top Czech politician Karl Schwarzenberg: the fate of Europe will be decided in Ukraine
Leading Czech political figure Karl Schwarzenberg says that that Ukraine’s fate and its war against Russian aggression will…
Ukraine’s judicial reform: plus ça change | #UAreforms
The good news is that the last two years have seen a great deal of change and reform in…
Ukraine must deny the “DNR,” “LNR,” and “Republic of Crimea” any claim to legitimacy
We must not create the illusion that Ukraine can exist where there is no Ukrainian flag, Ukrainian government…
Mass exodus of Ukrainians abroad should give food for thought
The number of Ukrainians in Poland is simply staggering. I’m currently in Wroclaw, where the presence of Ukrainians…
3 reasons to be optimistic about Ukraine’s battle for better bureaucracy | #UAreforms
It is a sad fact that government without a capable, professional and impartial administrative bureaucracy is highly unlikely to…
15-point checklist of Putin regime’s propaganda techniques
Russian propaganda makes use of so many techniques to succeed that Moscow novelist and commentator Elizaveta Aleksandrova-Zorina performs…
Pro-Russia Militants in Occupied East Ukraine Torture Protestant Pastor To Convert To Russian Orthodox Church
The story of Aleksandr Khomchenko, a Protestant clergyman from Donetsk, though sadly all too typical, is no less…
A XIX-century poet is now Ukraine’s driving force of change
Ukraine’s #1 national symbol, Taras Shevchenko, is getting a major makeover. He is becoming much younger and more…
Ukraine’s pre-Euromaidan policy, as told by Yanukovych’s Prime Minister
Pavel Kanygin from Novaya Gazeta, which media critics consider to be one of the few semi-independent media left in…
Russia’s GDP growth projected to lag behind EU & CIS countries
The Curious Case of Benjamin Russia At his annual phone-in event with the Russian people on April 14,…
Moscow enjoying great success with far left parties in Europe, new study finds
Vladimir Putin has achieved major success in reaching out to far right parties in Europe, a development that…