The Ukrainian Night, a book about a particular place – the main city square of Ukrainian capital and the moment in history, transcends the time and place and tells a somewhat universal story about the human struggle for freedom and...
Before me stands an educated man—softly spoken, thoughtful and articulate. He is a well-traveled and multilingual native English speaker who has spent some months living in Ukraine. In fact, he is an experienced journalist conducting...
The Ukrainian Wikipedia says: Euromaidan (also: the Eurorevolution, Revolution of Dignity) – national-patriotic protest rallies in Ukraine, first of all, against corruption, arbitrariness of law-enforcement bodies and special forces, and...
Oleksii Furman and Serhiy Polezhaka are two friends and photographers who set the goal to show the world the story of one tragic morning of Euromaidan Revolution using an innovative tool – virtual reality. 20 February 2014 is the day...
It is now four years after the tragic culmination of the Euromaidan Revolution. During 18-21 February 2014, dozens of protesters who later received the title “The Heaven’s Hundred” laid down their lives fighting for freedom and...
Horbatyuk added that, in the course of four years, 50 sentences have been issued, and 412 persons have been served notices of suspicion. “To date, the investigations and examinations have resulted in 50 sentences. However, an appropriate...
“Where’d all the good people go I’ve been changin’ channels I don’t see them on the TV shows Where’d all the good people go We got heaps and heaps of what we sow” (Jack Johnson, “Good People,” from the...
The main reason Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea and the Donbas, Aleksandr Shmelyev says, is that he feared that the ideas that had animated Ukrainians at the time of the Maidan would spread into Russia and become the basis of a similar...
It was February 2014. Anti-government protests had been going on in Kyiv’s central square, the Maidan, for three months. Dubbed “Euromaidan,” they started when President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of signing the Association...
Ukrainians need to understand one simple thing. As a result of Maidan, we succeeded in replacing a foreign power that was very effective, especially when it came to the interests of thugs and the Kremlin, with one that was not particularly...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
