The current furore concerns the national TV channel ZIK, which used to belong to the wife and two daughters of Petro Dymynsky, football functionary and businessman. On June 14 Taras Kosak, an MP from the Opposition Bloc (the successor to...
The Duma on first reading has voted to approve amendments to the administrative code that would impose fines on anyone preparing or distributing foreign news on the territory of Russia if they do so without permission from the Russian...
This article was first published at ukraineverstehen.de “Oligarchic rule” is the phrase which people often use to describe Ukraine. At each election, politicians make lofty promises to end it. However, so far these were only words...
Largely, the reason for this is that the largest Ukrainian media outlets are owned, and thus controlled, privately. In 2015, Ukraine passed legislation on mandatory transparency of media ownership. It obliged media to identify their...
The concept of the Forum is based on a horizontal exchange of ideas and views. In general, the media lends itself to a function as a space for public discourse. The forum is not a place where decisions are being made; it is a place for...
The abrupt dismissal of the Ukrainian Public Broadcaster director Zurab Alasania has raised a media fury in Ukraine, with accusations ranging from censorship to state coercion prior to elections. Alasania had many critics, who claim that...
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....
Although not the first mass protest movement in Ukraine’s history, Euromaidan represented a sharp contrast with the previous popular protests and a clear break with the post-Soviet civil society model. The 2004 protests were led by...
While these oligarchs are the biggest media owners, they are not the only ones. A disturbing trend is that most newly established media are also linked to politicians. Espreso.tv has been linked to former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk...
As awareness about the issue of disinformation grows globally, those working for RT and Sputnik find themselves under increasing scrutiny, and whistleblowers begin to appear more frequently. Thanks to testimonies that surface from inside...
The disengagements of troops in Moldova and Georgia took place under interstate agreements on a ceasefire signed between heads of Russia and the conflict’s “host state.” Most of the treaties were de-facto capitulation...
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