Sofiya Tymoshenko
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Sofia Kochmar-Tymoshenko is a journalist based in Kyiv. In 2014, Sofia started working as a TV-journalist and fixer for international media. Her professional interest is religious freedom and human rights.
London continuing to close borders to Ukrainians
London is maintaining a disproportionately strict visa policy towards Ukraine, causing serious difficulties, delays and disruption to travel,…
Only civic journalism can prevent Crimea’s total isolation. That’s why Russia is attacking it
The peninsula had disappeared from the first pages of international media outlets long ago. Ukrainian journalists rarely travel…
Only 1% of diaspora Ukrainians voted in presidential election. Should the system be changed?
During the first presidential election round on 31 March, Ukrainians were impressed by photos from election points around…
Faces of the Crimean Solidarity group who Russia baselessly arrested as “terrorists”
On 27 March, in its largest raid yet, Russian special services tore into the homes of several dozen…
Russia arrests 23 Crimean Tatars after largest raid ever in occupied Crimea
At about 6 AM on 27 March, Russian security forces raided more than 20 houses of Crimean Tatars…
Do Ukraine’s right-wing extremist groups have a chance of derailing presidential elections?
For the 2019 presidential elections, the Central Election Commission registered 139 Ukrainian NGOs monitoring the election process, a…
Ukraine’s heated presidential campaign most expensive ever
[editorial]The latest poll ranked political satirist and actor Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the leader in the presidential race –…
Ukraine creates free online courses of Ukrainian language for foreigners
Learning Ukrainian online has become easier, now that the government is offering a free online course “SpeakUkrainian.” The…
Ukraine’s largest civil society reform coalition marks fifth anniversary, braces for elections
The first Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR) gathering took place in January 2014 amid the Euromaidan protests just…
Union of democratic candidates may change balance of forces during Ukraine’s presidential election
On March 1, Andriy Sadovyi, mayor of Lviv and leader of the Samopomich party, withdrew his candidacy for…