The Parliament of Ukraine has recently voted for a Resolution that proposes to shut down two national TV channels – NewsOne and 112 Ukraine. The MPs accuse them of spreading Russian chauvinist propaganda and the ideology of terrorism....
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...
Russia controls not only the territory of the Crimean peninsula it occupied in March 2014, but its media as well. Russian authorities resort to Stalinist methods of pressure on mass media, says Gayana Yuksel, member of the Mejlis, the...
In early December, Oksana Sevastidi‘s undeservingly forgotten story came to the Russian media’s attention. In March 2016, the simple saleswoman from Sochi received a seven-year sentence for treason because of an innocent SMS...
On 27 May 2016 Petro Poroshenko signed a decree banning 17 Russian journalists from entering Ukraine till the end of 2017, accusing them of “stirring hatred.” Following scandals around Ukraine banning dozens of foreign...
Moscow has been abuzz in “Victory Day” fever for weeks. Toddlers, puppies and tanks are draped in the ubiquitous orange and black striped St. George Ribbon, a symbol previously associated with patriotic veterans and war heroes...
On March 31, in a much anticipated appellate procedure in Moscow City Court, a judge considered the appeal of opposition activist Ildar Dadin, the first Russian citizen to be convicted under Russia’s new and highly controversial...
The sentencing of Ekaterina Vologzheninova for reposting materials against Russian aggression in Ukraine to 320 hours of labor is not only horrific given the reason for her prosecution and the way it was carried out but underscores...
In a bid to stop online harassment, twitter adopted new policies in the last days of 2015. One of the new changes includes prohibition of “hateful conduct.” While the purpose of the new rules was to “protect the freedom...
The organizers of the “March for the federalization of Kuban” have been included into the federal “List of extremists and terrorists” by the Russian authorities. This, comical in many aspects, action was planned for August 17, on...
During the hearing, the judge gave defendant Vitaliy Markiv the opportunity to make a final statement. The soldier said that he would not go into more detail because his lawyers had explained everything in previous court hearings. “I am...
