Ukraine’s favorable geographic position contributes to the development of alternative energy. In the next few years, work will be carried out in three directions: wind energy, solar energy and hydropower. Experts consider the solar...
April 26th will be the 31st anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. For that time, most of the land in the exclusion zone has gone unused. But now, Ukraine is making plans to reclaim the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone for safer forms of...
The blockade participants insist that trade with the occupied territories sponsors the terrorists from the so-called republics which lead a war against Ukraine, and that it’s being covered up by Ukrainian authorities, who profit from it....
The blockade of coal supply from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions is a hot topic of last week’s political battles. Activists and politicians have been blocking few railroad hauls in Donetsk and Luhansk...
For a long time corruption in Ukraine’s energy industry was the great nemesis of all reform efforts. Since independence, the sale of natural gas was heavily subsidized, ostensibly to protect consumers but in reality to enrich the...
Energy corruption in Ukraine has been an ongoing problem ever since the country’s independence from the USSR in 1991. Up until Yanukovych’s downfall, the energy sector has always been dominated by these so-called oligarchs who are...
Gas pipeline issues have attracted far more attention, but a plan for a unified energy network among European Union members appears likely to have serious consequences for Kaliningrad, the non-contiguous Russian exclave that is bordered by...
Ukraine could not guarantee the supply of gas for Bulgaria during the winter as all guarantees are in the hands of Russia’s Gazprom Company. The EU Commission must assume a firmer position vis-a-vis the wishes of the Russian...
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Do you support Ukraine's ban of Russian internet services?
Ukraine recently adopted a decree to extend sanctions to Russian IT companies, effectively banning popular social networks and services like VKontakte, Odnoklasniki, and Yandex in Ukraine. There are many arguments pro et contra. Do you support the ban?
Conflict Context To start, the Euromaidan—the initial flashpoint from which armed conflict became possible—was not simply a response to the failures of the Orange Revolution in 2004, but a larger movement against structural failures...
