The closer the Ukrainian July parliamentary snap elections are, the more national media start playing brinkmanship. The penetration of Russian influence can be called a trend of the electoral campaign. In particular, it comes through the...
The Opposition Platform – For Life (Za Zhyttia) and the Opposition Bloc have the same roots. They are the legacy of the regime of runaway president Viktor Yanukovych. For the July 2019 parliamentary elections, however, they have run...
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 prisoner swap process had been de-facto blocked by Russia for 15 months. The last exchange took place on 17 September 2016, when Ukrainian nationals Volodymyr Zhemchuhov and UN mission employee Yurii Suprun were released from...
The Ukrainian pro-Russian politician Medvedchuk told the Spanish magazine El Pais that, if the Minsk agreements cannot be fulfilled, perhaps it would be better for the “spirit” of the Minsk agreements and set up some kind of...
Putin’s crony Viktor Medvedchuk has become the owner of a luxurious five-deck mega yacht which made its first appearance on the Cote d’Azur in France in August. The information was reported by MP and former journalist Serhiy...
The Kyiv Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s decision and dismissed Viktor Medvechuk’s suit against former National Security Council Secretary Andriy Paribiy. Parubiy wrote about it in his Facebook: “This summer...
When Viktor Yushchenko took the presidential oath of office on Maidan in January 2005, he seemed invincible. His main rival Viktor Yanukovych had been beaten, and all the elites instantly aligned themselves with the new president. The...
Ihor Kolomoisky supports Viktor Medvedchuk for governor of Donetsk Oblast by Vitalii Usenko and Dmytro Usenko Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Head Ihor Kolomoisky is sure that the appointment of Viktor Medvedchuk as governor...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted on the participation of Viktor Medvedchuk in the tripartite peace negotiations in the Donbas not simply because he is Putin’s confidant. Putin’s main goal is to make Medvedchuk,...
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...
