A year ago, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued its Crimea Declaration which referred to the Welles Declaration in 1940 regarding the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states and reaffirmed “the bedrock international principle...
The Kremlin’s “obsession” with Ukraine, Lilia Shevtsova, once again this week very much on display in the wake of the Verkhovna Rada elections not only prevents Moscow from understanding what is in fact taking place in Ukraine and...
Today, Ukraine is a poorly governed country. The euphoria triggered by the results of the presidential elections and a “new face” in Ukrainian politics seems to be declining. Instead, there’s a general feeling that the president...
On 7 July, Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, known for his promotion of aggressive Russian propaganda, announced a video-link between the state-owned Russian channel Rossiya-1 and Ukrainian channel NewsOne, comparing its importance with...
The capitulation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to the Russian Federation has taken place and, unfortunately, “with the active support of many Russian human rights activists, many but happily not all, Yan...
Without their language, the Ukrainian nation is transformed into a folksy misinterpretation – “khokhly” (хохли)*, whose only talents are dancing the Hopak before their “older brother” and making varenyky stuffed with...
In November 2018, Russia attacked three Ukrainian warships heading to their port in the Azov Sea and took 24 sailors as POWs. The UN Maritime Tribunal ruled Russia must release them, and the deadline for the release expired on 25 June....
The Russian delegation’s return to PACE without fulfilling the obligations imposed by the resolutions of this organization, as well as the restoration of all the powers of the delegation, will lead to a result opposite of what the...
Two days ago, the Council of Europe voted to ignore its own warnings about Russian aggression and human rights violations. Putin invaded Georgia and Ukraine, illegally annexed Crimea, and has spent 20 years destroying democracy in Russia....
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted to accept the Russian delegation, which was sanctioned after the occupation of Crime, back to the Assembly without any limitations whatsoever. The vote for the relevant...
A report on how Russia pursues hybrid war to destabilize Ukraine has been published on 16 July 2019 at the UK-based Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest independent defense and security think tank. It is the first major...
